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.
Credits
Samurai Assassin Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Chôtarô Tôgin
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as Seiichi Morikawa |
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Hideyo Amamoto
He was 39, 77 years old when he died
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as Matazaburo Hagiwara |
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Takashi Shimura
He was 59, 76 years old when he died
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as Narihisa Ichijô |
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Kaoru Yachigusa
She was 34, 88 years old when she died
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as Mitsu |
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Akihiko Hirata
He was 37, 56 years old when he died
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as Sohei Masui |
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Ikio Sawamura
He was 59, 70 years old when he died
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as Tatsukichi Bisenya |
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Michiyo Aratama
She was 35, 71 years old when she died
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as Okiku / Kikuhime |
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Fujio Tokita
He was 28, 81 years old when he died
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as Ronin |
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Yoshio Inaba
He was 44, 77 years old when he died
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as Keijiro Sumita |
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Yoshifumi Tajima
He was 46, 91 years old when he died
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as Samurai |
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Tatsuyoshi Ehara
He was 27, now 87 years old
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as Ichigoro Hayama |
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Keiju Kobayashi
He was 41, 86 years old when he died
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as Einosuke Kurihara |
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Eijirō Tōno
He was 58, 87 years old when he died
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as Masagorô Kisoya |
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Chûsha Ichikawa
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as Sahyônosuke Matsudaira |
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Yūnosuke Itō
He was 45, 60 years old when he died
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as Kenmotsu Hoshino |
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Susumu Fujita
He was 53, 78 years old when he died
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as Tatewaki Todo |
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Toshiro Mifune
He was 44, 77 years old when he died
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as Tsuruchiyo Niiro |
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Haruko Sugimura
She was 56, 88 years old when she died
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as Tsuru |
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Nadao Kirino
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as Samurai |
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Nami Tamura
She was 22, now 82 years old
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as Yae |
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Tadao Nakamaru
He was 31, 76 years old when he died
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as Shigezo Inada |
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Ren Yamamoto
He was 32, 8 years old when he died
|
|
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Yasuzô Ogawa
He was 32, now 91 years old
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as Ronin |
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Hiroshi Hasegawa
He was 31, now 90 years old
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as Ronin |
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Hakuô Matsumoto
He was 54, 71 years old when he died
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as Lord Naosuke Ii |
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Toshio Kurosawa
He was 21, now 80 years old
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as Katsunoshin Itamura |
Samurai Assassin Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Tomoyuki Tanaka as Producer. He was 54 (86) years old when He died
|
Production |
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Masaru Sato as Original Music Composer. He was 36 (71) years old when He died
|
Sound |
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Shinobu Hashimoto as Screenplay. He was 46 (100) years old when He died
|
Writing |
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Kihachi Okamoto as Director. He was 41 (81) years old when He died
|
Directing |
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Ryû Kuze as Fight Choreographer. |
Crew |
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Yoshitami Kuroiwa as Editor. He was 15 (62) years old when He died
|
Editing |
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Hiroshi Murai as Director of Photography. |
Camera |
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Michio Yamamoto as Assistant Director. He was 31 (71) years old when He died
|
Directing |
