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The Great Killing: Directed by Eiichi Kudô. With Takayuki Akutagawa, Kôtarô Satomi, Chôichirô Kawarasaki, Mikijirô Hira. A Shogunate Elder connives to rule Japan by making his puppet, the Shogun's brother Tsunashige, the next Shogun.
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- Action, Drama
- Eiichi Kudô
- 1964-06-03
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.
The Great Killing. by Tom Mes. In and out of genre, the 1960s were one of the most fascinating decades in Japanese film history. With the social climate feeding an air of dissent, the movies followed suit and became more openly critical of hierarchy, power structures and injustice.
May 3, 2013 · A war cry and a wild slash out of nowhere. American audiences might recall the killing of Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of John F. Kennedy, by Jack Ruby in 1963.
Feb 28, 2024 · Drama Action & Adventure 1964 1h 58m. 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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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.
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.
