Samurai Assassin

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

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1965 · 122 min · Drama · Action · History · TMDB 7.3/10

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.

Directed by Kihachi Okamoto

Cast

Toshirō Mifune — Tsuruchiyo Niiro
Keiju Kobayashi — Einosuke Kurihara
Yūnosuke Itō — Kenmotsu Hoshino
Michiyo Aratama — Okiku / Princess Kiku
Eijirō Tōno — Masagorō Kisoya