Released:
1965-01-03

Overview:
Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle with the intention of assassinating Naosuke Ii of Hikone, tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate and responsible for their misfortune.

Director:
Kihachi Okamoto

Runtime:
2h 2min

Genre:
Drama, Action, History

• Cast:
• 
  Toshirō Mifune
  as
  Tsuruchiyo Niiro
• 
  Keiju Kobayashi
  as
  Einosuke Kurihara
• 
  Yūnosuke Itō
  as
  Kenmotsu Hoshino
• 
  Michiyo Aratama
  as
  Okiku / Princess Kiku
• 
  Eijirō Tōno
  as
  Masagorō Kisoya