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The Great Killing

Original title: 大殺陣

1964 1h 58m ★ 7.3/10 TMDB
Action Drama

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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. 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.

Director
Eiichi Kudō
Written by
Kaneo Ikegami
Production
Japan
Release date
1964-06-03

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