The Great Killing
Release Date: 1964-06-03
Rating : 7.5/10
Duration : 118 minutes
Genres : Action, Drama
Director : Eiichi Kudo
Writer : Kaneo Ikegami
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.
Cast
Tōru Abe
Mikijiro Hira
Yoshio Inaba
Chiezō Kataoka
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Nami Munakata