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The Great Killing
1964, Jun 03
1h 58m
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.
Directed by
Eiichi Kudō
Written by
Kaneo Ikegami
Yoshio Inaba
Mikijiro Hira
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Ryutaro Otomo
Masataka Iwao
Chiezo Kataoka
Rinichi Yamamoto
Kenji Kusumoto
Kōtarō Satomi
Hideo Sunazuka
Minoru Ōki
Yuriko Mishima
Kayako Sono
Hiroshi Kato
Tōru Abe
Nami Munakata
Shirō Ōsaka
Kōshirō Harada
Shunji Kasuga
Masahiko Naruse
Kiyoshi Kachi
Masao Hori
Kazutarō Kuni
Shinnosuke Ogata
Harue Yasuki
Haruhiko Nishi
Kyōichi Hara
Kenji Egi
Shôtarô Kizuki
Hajime Nagoya
Reiichi Hatanaka
Kunijirō Yanagi
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