
About the film

japan samurai assassination jidaigeki edo period chanbara bushi
The Great Duel
Release Date: June 03, 1964
Year | : | 1964 |
Slogan | : | «» |
Genres | : | Action, Drama |
Production Companies | : | Toei Company, Toei Studios Kyoto |
Director | : | Eiichi Kudo |
Producers | : | |
Writers | : | Kaneo Ikegami, Norimichi Matsudaira |
RunTime | : | 118 mins. |
A cynical samurai is left as the sole survivor to fulfill a plot to assassinate the puppet of a villain intent on usurping the shogunate in the 17th century. 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.
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