Samurai Assassin

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Toshirō Mifune Tsuruchiyo Niiro

Keiju Kobayashi Einosuke Kurihara

Yūnosuke Itō Kenmotsu Hoshino

Michiyo Aratama Okiku / Princess Kiku

Eijirō Tōno Masagorō Kisoya