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Samurai Assassin(1965)
Status: Released
Date: 1965-01-03
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62 Votes
Time: 2h 2m
Here, at the Gates of Sakurada, the Shogunate will fall.
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.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
ProductionCompanies: 
Mifune Productions
Movie: Samurai Assassin
Top 10 Billed Cast
三船敏郎
Tsuruchiyo Niiro
小林桂樹
Einosuke Kurihara
伊藤雄之助
Kenmotsu Hoshino
新珠三千代
Okiku / Princess Kiku
東野英治郎
Masagorō Kisoya
江原達怡
Ichigorō Hayama
中丸忠雄
Shigezo Inada
八千草薫
Mitsu
杉村春子
Tsuru
田村奈巳
Yae
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