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The Great Killing

The Great Killing

Heaven has no swords.

Part of Kudo's Samurai Revolution Trilogy

1964•1h 58m•7.5/10
ActionDrama

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7.5/10(22)

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.

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Toei Company

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JA

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Tōru Abe

Tōru Abe

Mikijiro Hira

Mikijiro Hira

Yoshio Inaba

Yoshio Inaba

Chiezo Kataoka

Chiezo Kataoka

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Nami Munakata

Nami Munakata

Kōtarō Satomi

Kōtarō Satomi

Minoru Ōki

Minoru Ōki

Shirō Ōsaka

Shirō Ōsaka

Hideo Sunazuka

Hideo Sunazuka

Rinichi Yamamoto

Rinichi Yamamoto

Kōshirō Harada

Yuriko Mishima

Yuriko Mishima

Kayako Sono

Kayako Sono

Shunji Kasuga

Masahiko Naruse

Kiyoshi Kachi

Masao Hori

Kenji Kusumoto

Kenji Kusumoto

Hiroshi Kato

Hiroshi Kato

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