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.
Directed by: Eiichi Kudō
Top Billed Cast: Tōru Abe, Mikijiro Hira, Yoshio Inaba
Runtime: 118 minutes
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Tōru Abe
Mikijiro Hira
Yoshio Inaba
Chiezo Kataoka
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Nami Munakata
Kōtarō Satomi
Minoru Ōki
Shirō Ōsaka
Hideo Sunazuka
Rinichi Yamamoto
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Kōshirō Harada
Yuriko Mishima
Kayako Sono
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Shunji Kasuga
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Masahiko Naruse
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Kiyoshi Kachi
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Masao Hori
Kenji Kusumoto
Hiroshi Kato
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Kazutarō Kuni
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Shinnosuke Ogata
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Harue Yasuki
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Haruhiko Nishi
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Kyōichi Hara
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Kenji Egi
Masataka Iwao
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Shôtarô Kizuki
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Hajime Nagoya
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Reiichi Hatanaka
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Kunijirō Yanagi
Ryutaro Otomo
