Drama ·Action ·History · Japan · 1965 · 2h 2m

Samurai Assassin

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Samurai Assassin poster
Director
Kihachi Okamoto
Cast
Toshirō Mifune as Tsuruchiyo Niiro Keiju Kobayashi as Einosuke Kurihara Yūnosuke Itō as Kenmotsu Hoshino Michiyo Aratama as Okiku / Princess Kiku Eijirō Tōno as Masagorō Kisoya Tatsuyoshi Ehara as Ichigorō Hayama
Crew
Hiroshi Murai — Director of Photography Yoshitami Kuroiwa — Editor Masaru Satō — Original Music Composer Shinobu Hashimoto — Screenplay Tomoyuki Tanaka — Producer Iwao Akune — Production Design
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

Trailer Samurai Assassin — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
japansamuraibased on novel or bookbased on true storysword fighttokyo, japanroninjidaigekiedo period19th centurybakumatsu
Key Collaborators
Kihachi Okamoto Director Hiroshi Murai Director of Photography Yoshitami Kuroiwa Editor Masaru Satō Original Music Composer Shinobu Hashimoto Screenplay Tomoyuki Tanaka Producer Iwao Akune Production Design
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