The Great Killing
Heaven has no swords.
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- Director
- Eiichi Kudō
- Language
- Japanese
- Released
- 1964-06-03
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
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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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