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.

Genres: Drama, Action, History

Stars: Toshirō Mifune, Keiju Kobayashi, Yūnosuke Itō, Michiyo Aratama, Eijirō Tōno

Release Date: 1965-01-03

Country: Japan

Ratings: 7.3 / 10 (57 votes)

Runtime: 122 mins