Samurai Assassin (1965)
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- 2h 2min
- Action, Adventure
- 05 Mar 1965 (USA)
- Movie
February 17 to March 3, 1860, inside Edo castle. A group of assassins wait by Sakurada Gate to kill the lord of the House of Ii, a powerful man in the Tokugawa government, which has ruled Japan for 300 years. They suspect a traitor in...
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| Toshirô Mifune | ... |
Tsuruchiyo Niiro
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| Keiju Kobayashi | ... |
Einosuke Kurihara
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| Michiyo Aratama | ... |
Okiku / Kikuhime
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| Yûnosuke Itô | ... |
Kenmotsu Hoshino
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| Eijirô Tôno | ... |
Masagorô Kisoya
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Tatsuyoshi Ehara | ... |
Ichigoro Hayama
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| Tadao Nakamaru | ... |
Shigezo Inada
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| Kaoru Yachigusa | ... |
Mitsu
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| Haruko Sugimura | ... |
Tsuru
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Nami Tamura | ... |
Yae
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Shirô Ôtsuji | ... |
Kaname Kojima
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| Yoshio Inaba | ... |
Keijiro Sumita
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| Akihiko Hirata | ... |
Sohei Masui
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| Hideyo Amamoto | ... |
Matazaburo Hagiwara
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| Ikio Sawamura | ... |
Tatsukichi Bisenya
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| Chôtarô Tôgin | ... |
Seiichi Morikawa
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Yasuzô Ogawa | ... |
Ronin
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Masaya Nihei | ... |
Ronin
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Toshio Kurosawa | ... |
Katsunoshin Itamura
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| Yoshifumi Tajima | ... |
Samurai
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Komazô Ichikawa | ... |
Shuzen Nakano
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Nadao Kirino | ... |
Samurai
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Ren Yamamoto |
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Jun'ichirô Mukai | ... |
Samurai
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Kôji Iwamoto | ... |
Ronin
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Naoya Kusakawa | ... |
Man with sharp eyes
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Yasuhisa Tsutsumi | ... |
Sumoya manager
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Yurie Hidaka |
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| Fujio Tokita | ... |
Ronin
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Hiroshi Hasegawa | ... |
Ronin
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Mitsugu Terashima | ... |
Chuzaemon Nishikawa
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| Takashi Shimura | ... |
Narihisa Ichijô
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Susumu Fujita | ... |
Tatewaki Todo
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Shikaku Nakamura | ... |
Gengobei Nosaka
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Chûsha Ichikawa | ... |
Sahyônosuke Matsudaira
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Nagayo Kita |
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Kan Hôshô |
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Hakuô Matsumoto | ... |
Lord Naosuke Ii
(as Kôshirô Matsumoto)
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Directed by
| Kihachi Okamoto | ||
Written by
| Shinobu Hashimoto | ... | (screenplay) |
| Jiromasa Gunji | ... | (novel "Samurai Nippon") |
Produced by
| Masao Suzuki | ... | line producer |
| Tomoyuki Tanaka | ... | producer |
| Robert J. Woodhead | ... | executive producer |
Music by
| Masaru Satô | ||
Cinematography by
| Hiroshi Murai | ||
Editing by
| Yoshitami Kuroiwa | ||
Production Design by
| Iwao Akune | ||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Michio Yamamoto | ... | chief assistant director |
Sound Department
| Yoshio Nishikawa | ... | sound |
| Hisashi Shimonaga | ... | sound mixer |
Special Effects by
| Minoru Izumi | ... | special effects |
Stunts
| Ryû Kuze | ... | fight choreographer |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Tsuruzô Nishikawa | ... | lighting technician |
Additional Crew
| Hisayo Klutz | ... | cultural consultant |
| Shin Kurokawa | ... | translator |
| Natsumi Ueki | ... | dialogue checker |
| Robert J. Woodhead | ... | subtitling director |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Toho (1965) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Toho (1966) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Artkino Pictures (1966) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- AnimEigo (1998) (United States) (VHS)
- Another World Entertainment (2008) (Denmark) (DVD)
- Another World Entertainment (2008) (Norway) (DVD)
- Cinefile Videos
- Koch Lorber Films (2005) (United States) (DVD)
- Samurai Cinema (United States) (video)
Special Effects
Other Companies
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
February 17 to March 3, 1860, inside Edo castle. A group of assassins wait by Sakurada Gate to kill the lord of the House of Ii, a powerful man in the Tokugawa government, which has ruled Japan for 300 years. They suspect a traitor in their midst, and their suspicions fall on Niiro, an impoverished ronin who dreams of samurai status, and Kurihara, an aristocratic samurai who befriends Niiro. Niiro longs to identify his father, knowing he is a high-ranking official who will disclose himself only if Niiro achieves samurai status. With American ships in Japan's harbors, cynicism among the assassins, and change in the air, Niiro resolves to reach ends that may prove ephemeral.
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | The film takes place from February 17 to March 3, 1860. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Top 10 Samurai Movies (2016). See more » |
| Quotes |
[Einosuke goes to the Sagamiya House, and enters the room where Tsuruchiyo is staying. He finds Tsuruchiyo lying flat on his back on the floor, surrounded by sake bottles and snoring like a drain]
Einosuke Kurihara: Niiro. [Tsuruchiyo doesn't wake up. Einosuke shakes the sleeping swordsman's shoulder] Einosuke Kurihara: Niiro. [Tsuruchiyo wakes up with a grunt. He heaves himself up] Tsuruchiyo Niiro: Ugh... what's up? Einosuke Kurihara: What do you mean, "what's up"? I heard from Kojima Kaname that you're here all the time, so I became worried. Come on, let's go home. [Tsuruchiyo blearily rubs his neck and scratches the back of his ear] Einosuke Kurihara: Don't worry about the bill... I've taken care of it. Tsuruchiyo Niiro: What did you say? Einosuke Kurihara: I've taken care of it, the whole thing. Tsuruchiyo Niiro: [defensively] It's none of your concern. Madam Okiku took the money from you, then? Einosuke Kurihara: No, I didn't see the Madam. I was told that she was visiting a lumber-yard in Fuyuki Village, in Fukagawa. This struck me as somewhat strange, but... I paid the head clerk. Tsuruchiyo Niiro: [indignantly] Like I told you, you should've minded your own business! You don't pay the clerk! But, the fact that she went to the Fuka-gawa lumberyard is interesting. The fact that Okiku did that... [He laughs] Tsuruchiyo Niiro: Now that makes me laugh! [He laughs even louder and more uproariously] See more » |