- HD 1080
- Runtime: 122m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: ja
- Country: Japan
- Director: Kihachi Okamoto
- Stars: Toshirō Mifune, Keiju Kobayashi, Yūnosuke Itō, Michiyo Aratama, Eijirō Tōno
- keywords: japan, samurai, based on novel or book, based on true story, sword fight, tokyo, japan, ronin, jidaigeki, edo period, 19th century, bakumatsu
- Production_studio: TOHO, Mifune Productions
- The Samurai Assassin is featured in the top rankings of 1965
- #27 in Top Drama Movies of 1965
- #3 in Top Action Movies of 1965
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.