Samurai Assassin

Name: Samurai Assassin
Genre: Drama, Action, History
Released: 1965-01-03
Duration: 122 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Keiju Kobayashi, Yūnosuke Itō, Michiyo Aratama, Eijirō Tōno

Here, at the Gates of Sakurada, the Shogunate will fall.

Drama Action History

Samurai Assassin(1965)

Here, at the Gates of Sakurada, the Shogunate will fall.

Drama Action History

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7.4

/ 10 (59 votes)

2h 2m

1965-01-03

Overview

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.

DirectorKihachi Okamoto

BookJirōmasa Gunji

ScreenplayShinobu Hashimoto