Samurai Assassin

Samurai Assassin (1965)

03/01/1965
Drama, Action, History
2h 2m

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.

  • Kihachi OkamotoDirector
  • Shinobu HashimotoScreenplay
  • Original Title

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Japanese

Keywords

  • japan
  • samurai
  • based on novel or book
  • based on true story
  • sword fight
  • tokyo, japan
  • ronin
  • jidaigeki
  • edo period
  • 19th century
  • bakumatsu

Top Billed Cast

Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

Tsuruchiyo Niiro

Keiju Kobayashi

Keiju Kobayashi

Einosuke Kurihara

Yūnosuke Itō

Yūnosuke Itō

Kenmotsu Hoshino

Michiyo Aratama

Michiyo Aratama

Okiku / Princess Kiku

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Masagorō Kisoya

Tatsuyoshi Ehara

Tatsuyoshi Ehara

Ichigorō Hayama

Tadao Nakamaru

Tadao Nakamaru

Shigezo Inada

Kaoru Yachigusa

Kaoru Yachigusa

Mitsu

Haruko Sugimura

Haruko Sugimura

Tsuru

Nami Tamura

Nami Tamura

Yae

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