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Samurai Assassin (侍, Samurai) is a 1965 Japanese film directed by Kihachi Okamoto and starring Toshiro Mifune, Koshiro Matsumoto, Yūnosuke Itō, and Michiyo Aratama. It is set in 1860, immediately before the Meiji Restoration changed Japanese society forever by doing away with the castes in society and reducing the position of the samurai class.
Samurai Assassin: Directed by Kihachi Okamoto. With Toshirô Mifune, Keiju Kobayashi, Michiyo Aratama, Yûnosuke Itô. When a samurai clan attempting to assassinate a feudal lord begin to suspect a traitor, they start an investigation on a ronin who is helping their cause.
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- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Kihachi Okamoto
- 1965-03-05
May 15, 2021 · Samurai Assassin (1965) by. Kihachi Okamoto. Publication date. 1965. Topics. film, cinema, film, japanese cinema. toshiro mifune. Addeddate.
- 122 min
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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.
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.
- (1.4K)
- TOHO, Mifune Productions
- Kihachi Okamoto
Oct 26, 2015 · Samurai Assassin (1965) - Trailer. February 17 to March 3, 1860, inside Edo castle. A group of assassins wait by Sakurada Gate to kill the lord of the House of Ii, a powerful man in the...
- 3 min
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- Jay Covey
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