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118 min 1964 IMDb 7.3

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The Great Killing

Action, Drama

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee
Director Eiichi Kudō
Status Released
Release Date 1964-06-03

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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.

"Heaven has no swords."

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