Film
Samurai Assassin
1965· 2h 2m· Action· Drama· History
“Here, at the Gates of Sakurada, the Shogunate will fall.”
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.
1965-01-03
Cast & Characters
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Key Crew
DirectorKihachi Okamoto
ScreenplayShinobu Hashimoto
ProducerTomoyuki Tanaka
Director of PhotographyHiroshi Murai
Original Music ComposerMasaru Satō
EditorYoshitami Kuroiwa
Full cast & crew (30 cast · 11 crew)
Details
Released1965-01-03
Runtime2h 2m
StatusReleased
StudiosTOHO · Mifune Productions
LanguagesJapanese
CountriesJapan
Rating7.4/10 · 62 votes
Original languageja
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