Legend of the Assassin (1984)

暗殺者の神話

The Saika clan, that had succeeded in battle against the large armies of Nobunaga and Hideyoshi, had in the Tokugawa era of Ieyasu, been driven into the mountains 7 generations later, forced into subsistence hunting. A man comes to them offering revenge: to assassinate current Tokugawa Shogun Yoshimune. (Made-for-TV movie)

Date of release

1984-03-22

Runtime

1h 31m

Director

Masahiro Takase

Casting

• Daisuke Ryū
• Takahiro Tamura
• Yoko Akino
• Masaaki Daimon
• Jiro Kawarazaki
• Yūsuke Takita
• Seiya Nakano
• Ken'ichi Matsuno
• Toru Takeuchi
• Kiyoshi Yamamoto

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