Samurai Assassin (I) (1965)
Samurai (original title)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Toshirô Mifune	...	Tsuruchiyo Niiro
	Keiju Kobayashi	...	Einosuke Kurihara
	Michiyo Aratama	...	Okiku / Kikuhime
	Yûnosuke Itô	...	Kenmotsu Hoshino
	Eijirô Tôno	...	Masagorô Kisoya
	Tatsuyoshi Ehara	...	Ichigoro Hayama
	Tadao Nakamaru	...	Shigezo Inada
	Kaoru Yachigusa	...	Mitsu
	Haruko Sugimura	...	Tsuru
	Nami Tamura	...	Yae
	Shirô Ôtsuji	...	Kaname Kojima
	Yoshio Inaba	...	Keijiro Sumita
	Akihiko Hirata	...	Sohei Masui
	Hideyo Amamoto	...	Matazaburo Hagiwara
	Ikio Sawamura	...	Tatsukichi Bisenya

Storyline

February 17 to March 3, 1860, inside Edo castle. A group of assassins wait by Sakurada Gate to kill the lord of the House of Ii, a powerful man in the Tokugawa government, which has ruled Japan for 300 years. They suspect a traitor in their midst, and their suspicions fall on Niiro, an impoverished ronin who dreams of samurai status, and Kurihara, an aristocratic samurai who befriends Niiro. Niiro longs to identify his father, knowing he is a high-ranking official who will disclose himself only if Niiro achieves samurai status. With American ships in Japan's harbors, cynicism among the assassins, and change in the air, Niiro resolves to reach ends that may prove ephemeral. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>  

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