The Great Killing

The Great Killing(1964)

06/03/1964 (US)Action, Drama1h 58m
7.5

"Heaven has no swords."

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.

Eiichi Kudo

Director

Kaneo Ikegami

Writer

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Part of the Kudo's Samurai Revolution Trilogy

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