Year: 1965
Runtime: 122 mins
Language: Japanese
Director: Kihachi Okamoto
Set in Japan in 1860, members of the Mito clan—victims of the Ansei purge—linger anxiously around the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle, intent on killing Naosuke Ii of Hikone, the shogunate’s tairō whose policies they blame for their misfortune, and whose assassination could ignite further political turmoil.
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