Mifune Toshirō, Kobayashi Keiju, Aratama Michiyo, Matsumoto Kōshirō. Based on the novel Samurai Nippon by Gunji Jirōmasa. Special features: original theatrical trailers; cast and crew filmography; character biographies; interactive program notes. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1964. A foreign film (Japan).
Summary:
Ronin gather to carry out an assassination of a Shogunate elder. One of them, Niiro Tsuruchiyo, hopes of taking the Shogunate's severed head so he can win renown and a position in a great samurai house.
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