The Great Killing

Overview

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.

Cast

Tōru Abe

Mikijiro Hira

Yoshio Inaba

Chiezo Kataoka

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Nami Munakata

Kōtarō Satomi

Minoru Ōki

Shirō Ōsaka

Hideo Sunazuka

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