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Samurai Assassin

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

1965 · 2 h 2 min
Directed by Kihachi Okamoto
ActionAdventureDramaHistory

Cast

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Plot

Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the shogun's reforms, plot to assassinate the shogun's advisor.

Sinekatalog’s take

Kihachi Okamoto's samurai film, with Toshiro Mifune, is tense and stylish, drawn from the real Sakuradamon incident.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.4 / 10 (2,767 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.