The Great Killing
The Great Killing

The Great Killing

1964-06-03 | 118 min

A cynical samurai is left as the sole survivor to fulfill a plot to assassinate the puppet of a villain intent on usurping the shogunate in the 17th century. A Shogunate Elder connives to rule Japan by making his puppet, the Shogun's brother Tsunashige, the next Shogun. The best strategist in Japan, Yamaga, leads a plot to stop the Elder, but his cabal is betrayed and most of the conspirators are captured and tortured.

Genres

Action Drama

Cast

Tōru Abe

Tōru Abe

Mikijiro Hira

Mikijiro Hira

Yoshio Inaba

Yoshio Inaba

Chiezo Kataoka

Chiezo Kataoka

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Nami Munakata

Nami Munakata

Kōtarō Satomi

Kōtarō Satomi

Minoru Ōki

Minoru Ōki

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