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Samurai Assassin

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

Director
Kihachi Okamoto
Year
1965
Runtime
2h 2m
Release
1965
Language
ja
Country
JP

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01 · Overview

What it’s about

The story

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.

  • #sword fight
  • #19th century
  • #based on novel or book
  • #bakumatsu
  • #samurai
  • #based on true story
  • #jidaigeki
  • #japan
  • #tokyo, japan
  • #edo period
  • #ronin

  • Directed by

    Kihachi Okamoto

  • Written by

    Shinobu Hashimoto

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