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Samurai Assassin

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Original title

Samurai

Year

1965

Running time

123 min.

Country

Japan

Director

Kihachi Okamoto

Screenwriter

Shinobu Hashimoto. Story: Jiromasa Gunji

Cast

Music

Masaru Satô

Cinematography

Hiroshi Murai (B&W)

Producer

Mifune Productions Co. Ltd, Toho

Genre

Action. Adventure. Drama | Feudal Japan. 19th Century. Samurai

Synopsis

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 Tokugawa government, which has ruled Japan for 300 years. They suspect a traitor in their midst, and their suspicions fall on Niiro, an impoverished ronin who dreams of samurai status, and Kurihara, an aristocratic samurai who befriends Niiro. Niiro longs to identify his father, knowing he is a high-ranking official who will disclose himself only if Niiro achieves samurai status. With American ships in Japan's harbors, cynicism among the assassins, and change in the air, Niiro resolves to reach ends that may prove ephemeral.

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Samurai Assassin

1965

Kihachi Okamoto

6.9

(285)