Samurai Assassin (1965) Japan
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Director:Kihachi Okamoto
Studio:ANIMEIGO
Producer:Masao Suzuki, Robert J. Woodhead, Tomoyuki Tanaka
Writer:Jiromasa Gunji, Shinobu Hashimoto
Rating:4.5
Rated:NR
Date Added:2006-04-08
Purchased On:2006-08-04
ASIN:B0006N0E4S
UPC:0737187009990
Price:$29.98
Genre:Action & Adventure
Release:2005-08-02
IMDb:0059673
Duration:122
Picture Format:Widescreen
Aspect Ratio:2.35 : 1
Sound:Mono
Languages:Japanese
Subtitles:English
Features:Subtitled
Kihachi Okamoto  ...  (Director)
Jiromasa Gunji, Shinobu Hashimoto  ...  (Writer)
 
Toshirô Mifune  ...  Tsuruchiyo Niiro
Keiju Kobayashi  ...  Einosuke Kurihara
Michiyo Aratama  ...  Okiku / Kukuhime
Yûnosuke Itô  ...  Hoshino Kenmotsu
Eijirô Tono  ...  Seigoro Kisoya
Tatsuyoshi Ehara  ...  Ichigoro Hayama
Tadao Nakamaru  ...  Shigezo Inada
Shiro Otsude  ...  Kaname Kojima
Yoshio Inaba  ...  Keijiro Sumita
Akihiko Hirata  ...  Sohei Masui
Eisei Amamoto  ...  Matazaburo Hagiwara (as Hideyo Amamoto)
Ikio Sawamura  ...  Tatsukichi Bisenya
Chotaro Togin  ...  Seiichi Morikawa
Yasuzo Ogawa  ...  Ronin
Masanari Nihei  ...  Ronin
Eijirô Tôno  ...  Masagorô Kisoya
Kaoru Yachigusa  ...  Mitsu
Haruko Sugimura  ...  Tsuru
Nami Tamura  ...  Yae
Shirô Ôtsuji  ...  Kaname Kojima
Hideyo Amamoto  ...  Matazaburo Hagiwara
Hiroshi Murai  ...  Cinematographer
Yoshitami Kuroiwa  ...  Editor
Shirô Ôtsuji  ...  Kaname Kojima
Summary: Based on a true historical event, "Samurai Assassin" stars Mifune Toshiro (Seven Samurai, Yojimbo) in one of his greatest roles. Niiro Tsuruchiyo is a masterless samurai - a ronin - desperate for a last chance to gain a position with one of the great houses. To curry favor, he joins an assassination plot against a Shogunate Elder