The Film
Samurai Assassin
Here, at the Gates of Sakurada, the Shogunate will fall.
The Story
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.
Runtime
122 min
Released Jan 1965
Marquee
6 of 20














