The Great Killing

The Great Killing

Movie 1964-06-03 1h 58m Action Drama
★ 7.3 / 10 · 25 votes

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.

Status
Released
Released
1964-06-03
Runtime
1h 58m
Studio
Toei Company
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
Links
IMDb, Wikidata, Letterboxd
Director
Eiichi Kudō
Cast
Tōru Abe Tōru Abe Mikijiro Hira Mikijiro Hira Yoshio Inaba Yoshio Inaba Chiezo Kataoka Chiezo Kataoka Chōichirō Kawarasaki Chōichirō Kawarasaki Nami Munakata Nami Munakata Kōtarō Satomi Kōtarō Satomi Minoru Ōki Minoru Ōki Shirō Ōsaka Shirō Ōsaka Hideo Sunazuka Hideo Sunazuka Rinichi Yamamoto Rinichi Yamamoto Kōshirō Harada Kōshirō Harada
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