Basic Info
Release: June 03, 1964
Runtime: 118 min
Rating: ⭐ 7.5/10 (20 votes)
Status: Released
Videos
The Great Duel (Dai Satsujin) (YouTube)
The Great Killing
1964
118 min
⭐ 7.5/10
20 votes
Overview
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
Production Countries
- Japan
Spoken Languages
- Japanese ja
Cast
Tōru Abe
Mikijiro Hira
Yoshio Inaba
Chiezō Kataoka
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Nami Munakata
Kōtarō Satomi
Minoru Ōki
Shirō Ōsaka
Hideo Sunazuka
Rinichi Yamamoto
Kōshirō Harada
Crew
Eiichi Kudo
Director
Kaneo Ikegami
Writer
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