Directed by:
Kihachi OkamotoScreenplay:
Shinobu HashimotoComposer:
Masaru SatōCast:
Toshirō Mifune, Keiju Kobayashi, Michiyo Aratama, Yûnosuke Itô, Eijirō Tōno, Tatsuyoshi Ehara, Tadao Nakamaru, 八千草薫, Haruko Sugimura, Nami Tamura, Shirô Ôtsuji (more)Plots(1)
Based on a true historical event, "Samurai Assassin" stars Mifune Toshiro in one of his greatest roles. Niiro Tsuruchiyo is a masterless samurai - a ronin - desperate for a last chance to gain a position with one of the great houses. To curry favor, he joins an assassination plot against a Shogunate Elder. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Toshirō Mifune](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268053_2ff826.jpg)
Toshirō Mifune
China
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Samurai Rebellion (1967)
Keiju Kobayashi
Japan
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Vengeance for Sale (2001)
Sanjuro (1962)
![Michiyo Aratama](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279590_52b65e.jpg)
Michiyo Aratama
Japan
Best movies:
Yûnosuke Itô
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Bullet (1968)
Sanjuro (1962)
Fort Graveyard (1965)
![Eijirō Tōno](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/615/158615754_9991c8.jpg)
Eijirō Tōno
Japan
Best movies:
Revenge (1963)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963)
Tatsuyoshi Ehara
Japan
Best movies:
Samurai Assassin (1965)
Tadao Nakamaru
Japan
Best movies:
Samurai Assassin (1965)
Sympathy for the Underdog (1971)
Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
![八千草薫](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/165/161165193_84343e.jpg)
八千草薫
Japan
Best movies:
Samurai III: Duel on Ganryu Island (1956)
Samurai Assassin (1965)
Pastoral: To Die in the Country (1974)
![Haruko Sugimura](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272546_7d961e.jpg)
Haruko Sugimura
Japan
Best movies:
Tokyo Twilight (1957)
Early Summer (1951)
Red Beard (1965)
Nami Tamura
Japan
Best movies:
Samurai Assassin (1965)
Shirô Ôtsuji
Japan
Best movies:
Samurai Assassin (1965)
稲葉義男
Japan
Best movies:
Seven Samurai (1954)
Harakiri (1962)
The Old Bear Hunter (1982)
Akihiko Hirata
Korea
Best movies:
Samurai Assassin (1965)
Mothra (1961)
Godzilla (1954)
Hideyo Amamoto
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Bullet (1968)
Fort Graveyard (1965)
Samurai Assassin (1965)
Hiroshi Hasegawa
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Bullet (1968)
Shintaro Katsu's Zatoichi (1989)
Shogun (1980) (series)
Ikio Sawamura
Japan
Best movies:
Samurai Assassin (1965)
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
Yagyu Secret Scrolls, part II (1958)
![Susumu Fujita](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271342_95544c.jpg)
Susumu Fujita
Japan
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Asu o tsukuru hitobito (1946)
High and Low (1963)
![Takashi Shimura](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272248_eaa921.jpg)
Takashi Shimura
Japan
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Asu o tsukuru hitobito (1946)
Hakuô Matsumoto
Japan
Best movies:
Samurai Assassin (1965)
The River Fuefuki (1960)
47 Ronin (1962)