🎬 Action, Drama

The Great Killing

"Heaven has no swords."

⭐ 7.3/10 1964 1h 58m Dir. Eiichi Kudō
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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.

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⭐ 7.3/10 25 votes

Quick facts

Year
1964
Runtime
1h 58m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 7.3/10
Votes
25
Genre
Action, Drama
Director
Eiichi Kudō
Language
JA

Cast

Tōru Abe
Tōru Abe
Mikijiro Hira
Mikijiro Hira
Yoshio Inaba
Yoshio Inaba
Chiezo Kataoka
Chiezo Kataoka
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Nami Munakata
Nami Munakata
Kōtarō Satomi
Kōtarō Satomi
Minoru Ōki
Minoru Ōki
🎭 Action 🎭 Drama 🎬 Eiichi Kudō 👤 Tōru Abe 👤 Mikijiro Hira 👤 Yoshio Inaba
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The Great Killing has a runtime of 1h 58m (1 hour and 58 minutes).
The Great Killing was directed by Eiichi Kudō and released in 1964.
The Great Killing is a Action, Drama film (1964).
The cast of The Great Killing includes Tōru Abe, Mikijiro Hira, Yoshio Inaba, Chiezo Kataoka, Chōichirō Kawarasaki.
The Great Killing has a TMDB rating of 7.3/10 based on 25 votes.

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