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Samurai Assassin · Cineora

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A KIHACHI OKAMOTO FILM

Samurai Assassin

19652h 2mMovie

ActionDramaHistory

IMDb7.4/ 10 · 2.8K votes

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.

Gritty
Tense
Dark
Period piece
True story
Revenge

Pace: Measured
Intensity: Intense
Complexity: Some focus

Good for watching alone, late nights and talking about after. Contains graphic violence.

DirectorKihachi Okamoto

FormatFeature film

TMDB7.3 / 10

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The people behind the story

Top cast

Toshirō MifuneTsuruchiyo Niiro

Keiju KobayashiEinosuke Kurihara

Yūnosuke ItōKenmotsu Hoshino

Michiyo AratamaOkiku / Princess Kiku

Eijirō TōnoMasagorō Kisoya

Tatsuyoshi EharaIchigorō Hayama

Tadao NakamaruShigezo Inada

Kaoru YachigusaMitsu

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