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Production countries: Japan
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Language: Japanese
Spoken: Japanese
Production: TOHO, Mifune Productions
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Production countries: Japan
Origin countries: Japan
Language: Japanese
Spoken: Japanese
Production: TOHO, Mifune Productions
Budget: N/A
Revenue: N/A

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Samurai Assassin

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05 Mar, 1965 (US) 2h 2min

Samurai Assassin

Released Drama Action History

05 Mar, 1965 (US) 2h 2min

Directed by Kihachi Okamoto

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

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.

Directed by Kihachi Okamoto