Samurai Assassin

(1965)Directed by Kihachi Okamoto122 minDrama, Action, History
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.

Toshirō Mifuneas Tsuruchiyo Niiro
Keiju Kobayashias Einosuke Kurihara
Yūnosuke Itōas Kenmotsu Hoshino
Michiyo Aratamaas Okiku / Princess Kiku
Eijirō Tōnoas Masagorō Kisoya
Tatsuyoshi Eharaas Ichigorō Hayama
Tadao Nakamaruas Shigezo Inada
Shirō Ōtsujias Kaname Kojima
Yoshio Inabaas Keijiro Sumita
Akihiko Hirataas Sohei Masui
Hideyo Amamotoas Matazaburo Hagiwara
Ikio Sawamuraas Tatsukichi Bisenya
Chōtarō Tōginas Seiichi Morikawa
Masaya Niheias Ronin
Toshio Kurosawaas Katsunoshin Itamura
Matsumoto Hakuō Ias Naosuke Ii
Susumu Fujitaas Tatewaki Todo
Chūsha Ichikawaas Sahyōnosuke Matsudaira
Komazō Ichikawaas Shuzen Nakano