The Great Killing

06/03/1964

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1hr 58min

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Action

,Drama

Heaven has no swords.

STORY

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 & CREW

    Cast

  • Tōru Abe
  • Mikijiro Hira
  • Yoshio Inaba
  • Chiezō Kataoka
  • Chōichirō Kawarasaki

    Directors

  • Eiichi Kudo
  • Tatsuo Honda

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Toei Company

    Production Countries

  • Japan

LANGUAGES

  • Japanese

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