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Samurai Assassin

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

7.3

1965•2h 2m

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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Photo of Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

Tsuruchiyo Niiro

Photo of Keiju Kobayashi

Keiju Kobayashi

Einosuke Kurihara

Photo of Yūnosuke Itō

Yūnosuke Itō

Kenmotsu Hoshino

Photo of Michiyo Aratama

Michiyo Aratama

Okiku / Princess Kiku

Photo of Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Masagorō Kisoya

Photo of Tatsuyoshi Ehara

Tatsuyoshi Ehara

Ichigorō Hayama

Photo of Tadao Nakamaru

Tadao Nakamaru

Shigezo Inada

Photo of Kaoru Yachigusa

Kaoru Yachigusa

Mitsu

Photo of Haruko Sugimura

Haruko Sugimura

Tsuru

Photo of Nami Tamura

Nami Tamura

Yae

Photo of Shirō Ōtsuji

Shirō Ōtsuji

Kaname Kojima

Photo of Yoshio Inaba

Yoshio Inaba

Keijiro Sumita

Photo of Akihiko Hirata

Akihiko Hirata

Sohei Masui

Photo of Hideyo Amamoto

Hideyo Amamoto

Matazaburo Hagiwara

Photo of Ikio Sawamura

Ikio Sawamura

Tatsukichi Bisenya

Photo of Chōtarō Tōgin

Chōtarō Tōgin

Seiichi Morikawa

Photo of Masaya Nihei

Masaya Nihei

Ronin

Photo of Toshio Kurosawa

Toshio Kurosawa

Katsunoshin Itamura

Photo of Matsumoto Hakuō I

Matsumoto Hakuō I

Naosuke Ii

Photo of Susumu Fujita

Susumu Fujita

Tatewaki Todo

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