The Great Killing
Heaven has no swords.
7.5
1964
1h 58m
ActionDrama
Overview
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.
Director
Eiichi Kudō
Top Cast
Tōru Abe
Mikijiro Hira
Yoshio Inaba
Chiezo Kataoka
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Nami Munakata
Kōtarō Satomi
Minoru Ōki
Shirō Ōsaka
Hideo Sunazuka
