Samurai Assassin (1965)

Here, at the Gates of Sakurada, the Shogunate will fall.

• Drama
• Action
• History

Japan, 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.

Rating

7.3 / 10 (63 votes)

Release date

January 3, 1965

Runtime

2h 02m

Language

Japanese

Director

Kihachi Okamoto

Status

Released