The Great Killing (1964)

Not Rated 03 Jun 1964 • Action, Drama • 1h 58m

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.

Eiichi Kudô
Director

Kaneo Ikegami
Writer

Takayuki Akutagawa, Kôtarô Satomi, Chôichirô Kawarasaki
Starring

Language: Japanese
Awards:
Country: Japan
Metacritic Score:
DVD Release Date: 03 Jul 2012
Box Office Total:

7.4

IMDb (388 votes)