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The Great Killing (1964)

Heaven has no swords.

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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.

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Cast

  • Tōru Abe Tōru Abe
  • Mikijiro Hira Mikijiro Hira
  • Yoshio Inaba Yoshio Inaba
  • Chiezo Kataoka Chiezo Kataoka
  • Chōichirō Kawarasaki Chōichirō Kawarasaki
  • Nami Munakata Nami Munakata
  • Kōtarō Satomi Kōtarō Satomi
  • Minoru Ōki Minoru Ōki
  • Shirō Ōsaka Shirō Ōsaka
  • Hideo Sunazuka Hideo Sunazuka
  • Rinichi Yamamoto Rinichi Yamamoto
  • Kōshirō Harada
  • Yuriko Mishima Yuriko Mishima
  • Kayako Sono Kayako Sono
  • Shunji Kasuga
  • Masahiko Naruse
  • Kiyoshi Kachi
  • Masao Hori

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