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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Samurai Assassin was released on January 3, 1965.
Samurai Assassin was directed by Kihachi Okamoto.
Samurai Assassin has a runtime of 2h 2m.
Samurai Assassin was produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka.
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.
The key characters in Samurai Assassin are Tsuruchiyo Niiro (Toshirō Mifune), Einosuke Kurihara (Keiju Kobayashi), Kenmotsu Hoshino (Yūnosuke Itō).
Samurai Assassin is rated Not Rated.
Samurai Assassin is an Action, Adventure, Drama film.
Samurai Assassin has an audience rating of 8.3 out of 10.