Samurai Assassin (1965)
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.
Key facts
- Released:
- 1965-01-03
- Runtime:
- 122 min
- Genres:
- Drama, Action, History
- Director:
- Kihachi Okamoto
- Top cast:
- Toshirō Mifune, Keiju Kobayashi, Yūnosuke Itō, Michiyo Aratama, Eijirō Tōno, Tatsuyoshi Ehara
- Original language:
- JA
- TMDB rating:
- 7.4/10 from 62 votes
- Bynge Score:
- 6.9/10