The Great Killing

IMDb link: 0186939
IMDb rating: 7.3 (462 votes)
Genres: Action, Drama
Director: Eiichi Kudo
Cast: Mikijiro Hira, Choichiro Kawarasaki, Kotaro Satomi, Takayuki Akutagawa and others

Release date: 3 Jun 1964
Release year: 1964
Runtime: 118 minutes
Country: Japan
Keywords: samurai era

Plot:

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.

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