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Release, runtime and language
1964 · 118 mins · Japanese
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Directed by
Eiichi Kudo
Starring
Yoshio Inaba, Mikijiro Hira, Kōtarō Satomi, Kenji Kusumoto, Masataka Iwao, Yuriko Mishima

Heaven has no swords. A cynical samurai, lone survivor of a failed coup, must kill the puppet of a treacherous villain seeking to usurp the 17th‑century shogunate. An ambitious Shogunate Elder plots to install the Shogun’s brother Tsunashige as ruler. Yamaga, Japan’s top strategist, leads a plan, but his cabal is betrayed, leaving conspirators captured and tortured.

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