Samurai Assassin

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Cast

Toshiro Mifune
as Niino

Keiju Kobayashi
as Kurihara

Yunosuke Ito
as Hoshino

Koshiro Matsumoto
as Lord Naosuke Li

Michiyo Aratama
as Okiko Kukuhime

Nami Tamura

Kaoru Yachigusa

Susumu Fujita

Takashi Shimura

Haruko Sugimura

Chusha Ichikawa

Shiro Otsude

Tadao Nakamaru

Tatsuyoshi Ehara

Eijirô Tono

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• Aug 01, 2012

  A lone former warrior looking to retain his former glory is faced with the project of assassinating the Elder Shogun. With his odds against him, as well as his daughter barely a toddler left in his care...the two of them embark on a journey to get this task taken care of. In doing so he discovers that life truly is a gentle situation, not to be taken granted of. Unmistakably and truly one of those slow brewed classic samurai stories that stays with you long after it is over.
  Fascade F Super Reviewer
• Oct 06, 2010

  A very good Samurai film but very slow paced. Like Meany films you might see sometimes it takes more then one go to get trow this happened to me when I watched Blade Runner, Death proof, Jackie Brown and others. And the samurai assassin has taken me more then one watch to see all of it. But there are Meany movies like these most of witch are set during the Edo period or later on in Modern day societies. My favourite one out of all was The shogun assassin because I just thought that was epic. Even though its based on some of the Mangas we made. 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. Mainly the story is told throw flashbacks and all those kind of things witch can somewhat make the story confusing. But as I have said before it is very slow that’s what puts you off watching it. I am sure any Chambara fan would love the fight scenes to me they were very good. The movie has some very beautiful cinematography. As for Music very good that’s all I can say. Toshirô Mifune and Keiju Kobayashi very well acted the movie. As for Production such as Sets, Costumes, Music everything like that is very good. The Length is the major problem maybe if it saw more editing on scenes the film could have been amazing to watch and go throw. But I am sure people should see this movie if you ever find it. Also not my best review I was in a bit of a rush to write this. Keiko’s score 80-100
  Keiko A Super Reviewer
• Jun 21, 2007

  Not as good as Sword of Doom, but still a beautifully directed picture. It's a little slow at times and a little hard to follow at others. Worth seeing just for the badass snow covered final battle.
  Ken S Super Reviewer

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