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Samurai Assassin
Samurai Assassin

Samurai Assassin

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DramaActionHistory

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

122 mins

Rating

7.3/10

Release Date

03 January 1965

Country

Japan

Cast

Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

Tsuruchiyo Niiro

Keiju Kobayashi

Keiju Kobayashi

Einosuke Kurihara

Yūnosuke Itō

Yūnosuke Itō

Kenmotsu Hoshino

Michiyo Aratama

Michiyo Aratama

Okiku / Princess Kiku

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Masagorō Kisoya

Tatsuyoshi Ehara

Tatsuyoshi Ehara

Ichigorō Hayama

Tadao Nakamaru

Tadao Nakamaru

Shigezo Inada

Kaoru Yachigusa

Kaoru Yachigusa

Mitsu

Haruko Sugimura

Haruko Sugimura

Tsuru

Nami Tamura

Nami Tamura

Yae

Shirō Ōtsuji

Shirō Ōtsuji

Kaname Kojima

Yoshio Inaba

Yoshio Inaba

Keijiro Sumita

Akihiko Hirata

Akihiko Hirata

Sohei Masui

Hideyo Amamoto

Hideyo Amamoto

Matazaburo Hagiwara

Ikio Sawamura

Ikio Sawamura

Tatsukichi Bisenya

Chōtarō Tōgin

Chōtarō Tōgin

Seiichi Morikawa

Yasuzō Ogawa

Yasuzō Ogawa

Ronin

Masaya Nihei

Masaya Nihei

Ronin

Toshio Kurosawa

Toshio Kurosawa

Katsunoshin Itamura

Matsumoto Hakuō I

Matsumoto Hakuō I

Naosuke Ii

Susumu Fujita

Susumu Fujita

Tatewaki Todo

Hiroshi Hasegawa

Hiroshi Hasegawa

Ronin

Chūsha Ichikawa

Chūsha Ichikawa

Sahyōnosuke Matsudaira

Komazō Ichikawa

Komazō Ichikawa

Shuzen Nakano

Kōji Iwamoto

Kōji Iwamoto

Ronin

Nadao Kirino

Nadao Kirino

Samurai

Naoya Kusakawa

Naoya Kusakawa

Sharp Eyes Man

Jun'ichirō Mukai

Jun'ichirō Mukai

Samurai

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

Narihisa Ichijō

Yoshifumi Tajima

Yoshifumi Tajima

Samurai

Mitsugu Terashima

Mitsugu Terashima

Chuzaemon Nishikawa

Fujio Tokita

Fujio Tokita

Ronin

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

Sumoya Manager

Yurie Hidaka

Yurie Hidaka

Kan Hōshō

Kan Hōshō

Nagayo Kita

Nagayo Kita

Ren Yamamoto

Ren Yamamoto

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