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Samurai Assassin
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7.4Japan, 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.
Released: 1965-01-03122 minDir: Kihachi OkamotoDrama, Action, History
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Cast
- Toshirō Mifune as Tsuruchiyo Niiro
- Keiju Kobayashi as Einosuke Kurihara
- Yūnosuke Itō as Kenmotsu Hoshino
- Michiyo Aratama as Okiku / Princess Kiku
- Eijirō Tōno as Masagorō Kisoya
- Tatsuyoshi Ehara as Ichigorō Hayama
Themes
- japan
- samurai
- based on novel or book
- based on true story
- sword fight
- tokyo, japan
- ronin
- jidaigeki
- edo period
- 19th century
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