Samurai Assassin

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

Original title: 侍

Duration: 122 min

Release date: 1965-01-03

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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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Toshirō Mifune

as Tsuruchiyo Niiro

Keiju Kobayashi

Keiju Kobayashi

as Einosuke Kurihara

as Kenmotsu Hoshino

Michiyo Aratama

Michiyo Aratama

as Okiku / Princess Kiku

as Masagorō Kisoya

Tatsuyoshi Ehara

Tatsuyoshi Ehara

as Ichigorō Hayama

as Shigezo Inada

Kaoru Yachigusa

Kaoru Yachigusa

Haruko Sugimura

Haruko Sugimura

as Kaname Kojima

as Keijiro Sumita

as Matazaburo Hagiwara

as Tatsukichi Bisenya

Chōtarō Tōgin

as Seiichi Morikawa

Toshio Kurosawa

Toshio Kurosawa

as Katsunoshin Itamura

Matsumoto Hakuō I

Matsumoto Hakuō I

as Tatewaki Todo

Hiroshi Hasegawa

Hiroshi Hasegawa

Chūsha Ichikawa

Chūsha Ichikawa

as Sahyōnosuke Matsudaira

Komazō Ichikawa

Komazō Ichikawa

as Shuzen Nakano

as Sharp Eyes Man

Jun'ichirō Mukai

Jun'ichirō Mukai

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

as Narihisa Ichijō

Yoshibumi Tajima

Yoshibumi Tajima

Mitsugu Terashima

Mitsugu Terashima

as Chuzaemon Nishikawa

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

as Sumoya Manager

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Jirōmasa Gunji

Kihachi Okamoto

Kihachi Okamoto

Shinobu Hashimoto

Shinobu Hashimoto

Original Music Composer

Director of Photography

Yoshitami Kuroiwa

Yoshitami Kuroiwa

Production Design

Michio Yamamoto

Michio Yamamoto

Assistant Director

Special Effects

Fight Choreographer

Tomoyuki Tanaka

Tomoyuki Tanaka

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