CinemaOSMovie · 1965 · 2h 2m
Samurai Assassin

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

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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.

Directed byKihachi Okamoto

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 2m
Language
JA
Released
January 3, 1965
Studios
TOHOMifune Productions

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Samurai Assassin (1965) ORIGINAL TRAILER

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Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
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

Creative team
Directed by
Kihachi Okamoto
Kihachi Okamoto
Written by
Shinobu Hashimoto
Shinobu Hashimoto
Produced by
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Tomoyuki Tanaka

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