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Samurai Assassin

Movie·1965·Drama, Action, History·2h 2m·7.4 (62)·Directed by Kihachi Okamoto

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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 MifuneToshirō MifuneTsuruchiyo NiiroKeiju KobayashiKeiju KobayashiEinosuke KuriharaYūnosuke ItōYūnosuke ItōKenmotsu HoshinoMichiyo AratamaMichiyo AratamaOkiku / Princess KikuEijirō TōnoEijirō TōnoMasagorō KisoyaTatsuyoshi EharaTatsuyoshi EharaIchigorō HayamaTadao NakamaruTadao NakamaruShigezo InadaKaoru YachigusaKaoru YachigusaMitsu

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