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Samurai Assassin

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

7.3/ 1019652h 2m

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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.

Directed by Kihachi Okamoto

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Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

Tsuruchiyo Niiro

Keiju Kobayashi

Keiju Kobayashi

Einosuke Kurihara

Yūnosuke Itō

Yūnosuke Itō

Kenmotsu Hoshino

Michiyo Aratama

Michiyo Aratama

Okiku / Princess Kiku

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Masagorō Kisoya

Tatsuyoshi Ehara

Tatsuyoshi Ehara

Ichigorō Hayama

Tadao Nakamaru

Tadao Nakamaru

Shigezo Inada

Kaoru Yachigusa

Kaoru Yachigusa

Mitsu