Murderer!

Oct 16, 1976

1h 22m

★ 7.0

Overview

A cowardly samurai is sent as an official executioner targeting the clan's former sword instructor, a man whose sword and spear skills are second to none.

Genres

Action

Production Companies

Nagata Production

Daiei Film

Eizo Kyoto Film Co.

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Cast

Futago Rokube

Yūsaku Matsuda

Oyo

Yoko Takahashi

Kāne

Junko Igarashi

Munekata Zenbei

Masakazu Kuwayama

Kagano Heibe

Shin Kishida

Nīto Kouken

Tetsuro Tamba

Matsudaira Munenori

Tatsuo Nishiyama

Years of warfare end in a Japan unified under the Tokugawa shogunate, and samurai spy Sasuke Sarutobi, tired of conflict, longs for peace. When a high-ranking spy named Tatewaki Koriyama defects from the shogun to a rival clan, however, the world of swordsmen is thrown into turmoil. After Sasuke is unwittingly drawn into the conflict, he tracks Tatewaki, while a mysterious, white-hooded figure seems to hunt them both. By tale’s end, no one is who they seemed to be, and the truth is far more personal than anyone suspected. Director Masahiro Shinoda’s Samurai Spy, filled with clan intrigue, ninja spies, and multiple double crosses, marks a bold stylistic departure from swordplay film convention.

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Murderer!

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