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Samurai Assassin (1965)
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Score
73
NR
2 hr 2 min
Mar 5th, 1965
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Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle with the intention of assassinating Naosuke Ii of Hikone, tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate and responsible for their misfortune.
Starring
Toshirō Mifune
Keiju Kobayashi
Yūnosuke Itō
Director
Kihachi Okamoto
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T
Toshirō Mifune
as Tsuruchiyo Niiro
K
Keiju Kobayashi
as Einosuke Kurihara
Y
Yūnosuke Itō
as Kenmotsu Hoshino
M
Michiyo Aratama
as Okiku / Princess Kiku
E
Eijirō Tōno
as Masagorō Kisoya
T
Tatsuyoshi Ehara
as Ichigorō Hayama
J
Jiromasa Gunji
Book
K
Kihachi Okamoto
Director
I
Iwao Akune
Production Design
S
Shinobu Hashimoto
Screenplay
R
Ryū Kuze
Fight Choreographer
M
Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer
Movie Details
Theatrical Release:
March 5th, 1965
Original Language:
Japanese
Production Companies:
TOHO, Mifune Productions
Movie Tags:
based on novel or book
based on true story
japan
19th century
jidaigeki
samurai
sword fight
tokyo, japan
edo period
bakumatsu
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