The Great Killing

Year: 1964

Runtime: 118 mins

Language: Japanese

Director: Eiichi Kudo

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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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