Samurai Assassin (侍 ,Samurai ) is a 1965 Japanese movie directed by Kihachi Okamoto and starring Toshiro Mifune, Koshiro Matsumoto, Yunosuke Ito, and Michiyo Aratama.
Samurai Assassin is set in 1860, immediately before the Meiji Restoration changed Japanese society forever by doing away with the castes in society and reducing the position of the samurai class. It is a typical samurai movie, with lots of conversation, beautiful black and white pho...
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Samurai Assassin
Film
Directed by
Kihachi Okamoto
Kihachi Okamoto (岡本 喜八, Okamoto Kihachi, February 17, 1924–February 19, 2005) was a Japanese film director who has worked in several different genres, including jidaigeki. He was born in Yonago. He graduated from the Meiji University. He directed almost 40 films and wrote at least 24 films.
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Cast Members of Samurai Assassin
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Toshiro Mifune
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Keiju Kobayashi
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Michiyo Aratama
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Yûnosuke Itō
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Eijirô Tono
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Tatsuyoshi Ehara
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Tadao Nakamaru
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Shiro Otsude
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Yoshio Inaba
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Akihiko Hirata
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Runtime:
- 2 h 3 min