Samurai Assassin ( Samurai )

Samurai Assassin (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Samurai
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
117 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1965 and produced in:
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Kihachi Okamoto

Written By:
Shinobu Hashimoto
Jiromasa Gunji

Actors:
Toshirô Mifune ..... Tsuruchiyo Niiro
Keiju Kobayashi ..... Einosuke Kurihara
Michiyo Aratama ..... Okiku / Kikuhime
Yûnosuke Itô ..... Kenmotsu Hoshino
Eijirô Tono ..... Masagorô Kisoya
Tatsuyoshi Ehara ..... Ichigoro Hayama
Tadao Nakamaru ..... Shigezo Inada
Kaoru Yachigusa ..... Mitsu
Haruko Sugimura ..... Tsuru
Nami Tamura ..... Yae
Shirô Ôtsuji ..... Kaname Kojima
Yoshio Inaba ..... Keijiro Sumita
Akihiko Hirata ..... Sohei Masui
Hideyo Amamoto ..... Matazaburo Hagiwara
Ikio Sawamura ..... Tatsukichi Bisenya

Synopsis:

February 17 to March 3, 1860, inside Edo castle. A group of assassins wait by Sakurada Gate to kill the lord of the House of Ii, a powerful man in the Tokugawa government, which has ruled Japan for 300 years. They suspect a traitor in their midst, and their suspicions fall on Niiro, an impoverished ronin who dreams of samurai status, and Kurihara, an aristocratic samurai who befriends Niiro. Niiro longs to identify his father, knowing he is a high-ranking official who will disclose himself only if Niiro achieves samurai status. With American ships in Japan's harbors, cynicism among the assassins, and change in the air, Niiro resolves to reach ends that may prove ephemeral.

The year is 1860 and the great Tokugawa Shogunate is on shaky ground. Masterless samurai Niiro, desperate to regain his fallen status, joins the Mito clan in a plot to assassinate an official to the shogun. Based on true events, Samurai Assassin features a powerful performance from Toshiro Mifune and is widely regarded as one of the finest samurai films ever made.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 29 July, 2012.