The Great Killing

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Tōru Abe

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Lead

Mikijiro Hira

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Yoshio Inaba

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Chiezo Kataoka

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Chōichirō Kawarasaki

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Nami Munakata

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Kōtarō Satomi

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Minoru Ōki

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