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Samurai Assassin

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Samurai Assassin

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

7.4

2h 2m

1965

“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.

Director

Kihachi Okamoto

Trailer

DramaActionHistory

japansamuraibased on novel or bookbased on true storysword fighttokyo, japanroninjidaigekiedo period19th centurybakumatsu

Cast & Crew

Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

as Tsuruchiyo Niiro

Keiju Kobayashi

Keiju Kobayashi

as Einosuke Kurihara

Yūnosuke Itō

Yūnosuke Itō

as Kenmotsu Hoshino

Michiyo Aratama

Michiyo Aratama

as Okiku / Princess Kiku

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

as Masagorō Kisoya

Tatsuyoshi Ehara

Tatsuyoshi Ehara

as Ichigorō Hayama

Tadao Nakamaru

Tadao Nakamaru

as Shigezo Inada

Kaoru Yachigusa

Kaoru Yachigusa

as Mitsu

Haruko Sugimura

Haruko Sugimura

as Tsuru

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