Poster from TMDB
Samurai Assassin
Sign in to save1964 film by Kihachi Okamoto
Film · TMDB
7.4Japan, 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.
Released: 1965-01-03122 minDir: Kihachi OkamotoDrama, Action, History
▶ Watch trailerStream on: Filmin
Cast
- Toshirō Mifune as Tsuruchiyo Niiro
- Keiju Kobayashi as Einosuke Kurihara
- Yūnosuke Itō as Kenmotsu Hoshino
- Michiyo Aratama as Okiku / Princess Kiku
- Eijirō Tōno as Masagorō Kisoya
- Tatsuyoshi Ehara as Ichigorō Hayama
Themes
- japan
- samurai
- based on novel or book
- based on true story
- sword fight
- tokyo, japan
- ronin
- jidaigeki
- edo period
- 19th century
This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- historical film
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Original language
- Japanese
- Director
- Kihachi Okamoto
- Screenwriter
- Shinobu Hashimoto
- Cast member
- Hideyo Amamoto
- Composer
- Masaru Sato
- Producer
- Toshirō Mifune
- Narrative location
- Japan
- Duration
- 122
- FilmAffinity ID
- 463525
- Distribution format
- video on demand
Show 4 more facts
- publication date
- 1965-01-01
- title
- 侍
- distributed by
- Netflix
- color
- black-and-white
Sources (4)
via Wikidata · CC0