The Great Killing (1964)
Heaven has no swords.
Synopsis
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
Crew
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Eiichi Kudō
Director
- Osamu Furuya Director of Photography
- Kozo Horiike Editor
- Seiichi Suzuki Original Music Composer
- Kaneo Ikegami Writer
