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.

• DirectorEiichi Kudo
• Release3 June 1964
• Genre
  Action / Drama
• Duration1h 58m
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• Rate
  

  7.5
  20 reviews
• Productions

  Toei Company