The Great Killing (1964)
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.
Director: Eiichi Kudō
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Tōru Abe as |
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Mikijiro Hira as |
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Yoshio Inaba as |
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Chiezo Kataoka as |
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Chōichirō Kawarasaki as |
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Nami Munakata as |
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Kōtarō Satomi as |
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Minoru Ōki as |
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Shirō Ōsaka as |
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Hideo Sunazuka as |
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Rinichi Yamamoto as |
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Kōshirō Harada as |
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Yuriko Mishima as |
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Kayako Sono as |
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Shunji Kasuga as |
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Masahiko Naruse as |
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Kiyoshi Kachi as |
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Masao Hori as |
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Kenji Kusumoto as |
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Hiroshi Kato as |
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Kazutarō Kuni as |
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Shinnosuke Ogata as |
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Harue Yasuki as |
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Haruhiko Nishi as |
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Kyōichi Hara as |
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Kenji Egi as |
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Masataka Iwao as |
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Shôtarô Kizuki as |
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Hajime Nagoya as |
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Reiichi Hatanaka as |
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Kunijirō Yanagi as |
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Ryutaro Otomo as |
| Directing | Eiichi Kudō | Director |
| Writing | Norimichi Matsudaira | Idea |
| Writing | Kaneo Ikegami | Writer |
| Editing | Kozo Horiike | Editor |
| Art | Jiro Tomita | Production Design |
| Directing | Tatsuo Honda | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Osamu Furuya | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Seiichi Suzuki | Original Music Composer |