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Samurai Assassin
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Title: Samurai Assassin

Release Date: 3 Jan 1965

Runtime: 2h 2m

Genre: Drama, Action, History

Director: TOHO, Mifune Productions

Production Companies: TOHO, Mifune Productions

Overview: 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.

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Average Vote: 7.315 (54 votes)

Cast

  • Tsuruchiyo Niiro: Toshirō Mifune
  • Einosuke Kurihara: Keiju Kobayashi
  • Kenmotsu Hoshino: Yūnosuke Itō
  • Okiku / Princess Kiku: Michiyo Aratama
  • Masagorō Kisoya: Eijirō Tōno
  • Ichigorō Hayama: Tatsuyoshi Ehara
  • Shigezo Inada: Tadao Nakamaru
  • Mitsu: Kaoru Yachigusa
  • Tsuru: Haruko Sugimura
  • Yae: Nami Tamura
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