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Samurai Assassin

First aired on Jan 3, 1965

Runtime: 122 mins

70%

Genres: Drama, Action, History

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.

Featured Cast: click image to view more
Toshirō Mifune | Tsuruchiyo Niiro
Keiju Kobayashi | Einosuke Kurihara
Yūnosuke Itō | Kenmotsu Hoshino
Michiyo Aratama | Okiku / Princess Kiku
Eijirō Tōno | Masagorō Kisoya
Tatsuyoshi Ehara | Ichigorō Hayama
Featured Crew
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Jirōmasa Gunji | Book
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Kihachi Okamoto | Director
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Shinobu Hashimoto | Screenplay
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Masaru Satō | Original Music Composer
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Hiroshi Murai | Director of Photography
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Yoshitami Kuroiwa | Editor