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The Great Killing

Heaven has no swords.

Not Rated Action Drama

Starring: Tōru Abe, Mikijiro Hira, Yoshio Inaba, Chiezo Kataoka, Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Writer: Norimichi Matsudaira, Kaneo Ikegami

Release Date:
June 3, 1964
Ratings:
7.5 / 10
Director:
Eiichi Kudō
Companies:
Toei Company

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.