Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
63 audience votes
Key crew
- Kihachi OkamotoDirector
- Shinobu HashimotoScreenplay
- Masaru SatōOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Toshirō MifuneTsuruchiyo Niiro
- Keiju KobayashiEinosuke Kurihara
- Yūnosuke ItōKenmotsu Hoshino
- Michiyo AratamaOkiku / Princess Kiku
- Eijirō TōnoMasagorō Kisoya
- Tatsuyoshi EharaIchigorō Hayama
- Tadao NakamaruShigezo Inada
- Kaoru YachigusaMitsu
- Haruko SugimuraTsuru
- Nami TamuraYae
- Shirō ŌtsujiKaname Kojima
- Yoshio InabaKeijiro Sumita
Stills
Themes
japansamuraibased on novel or bookbased on true storysword fighttokyo, japanroninjidaigekiedo period19th centurybakumatsu