Title: The Great Killing
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Languages: English
Genres: Action, Drama,
Runtime: 1:58:00 Hour
Cast: Tōru Abe, Mikijiro Hira, Yoshio Inaba
Directors: Eiichi Kudō
Rating: 7.3 (25 Votes)
Year: 1964
Summary: 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.