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Presents
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Samurai
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Samurai Assassin
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Movie Information

Release year.........: 1965
Genre................: Drama/Action/Adventure
IMDb rating..........: 7.6/10
IMDB Link............: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059673/
Language.............: Japanese
Subtitles............: English soft coded and .srt
Duration.............: 2h 09mn
Source...............: DVD R2
Format...............: MPEG-4
Format...............: Base Media
File size............: 808 MB
Overall bit rate.....: 875 Kbps
Writing application..: HandBrake 0.9.6



Video/Audio Attributes

Format................: AVC
Format profile........: High@L3.0
Codec ID..............: avc1
Bit rate..............: 800 Kbps
Width.................: 720 pixels
Height................: 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio..: 16:9
Frame rate............: 25.000 fps
Color space...........: YUV
Chroma subsampling....: 4:2:0
Bit depth.............: 8 bits
Scan type.............: Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)....: 0.077
Writing library.......: x264 core 120
Format................: AAC
Format profile........: LC
Codec ID..............: 40
Bit rate mode.........: Variable
Bit rate..............: 63.5 Kbps
Channel(s)............: 2 channels
Channel positions.....: Front: L R
Sampling rate.........: 48.0 KHz
Compression mode......: Lossy
Stream size...........: 58.6 MB(7%)



Plot summary

February 17 to March 3, 1860, inside Edo castle. A group of assassins wait by Sakurada Gate to kill the lord of the House of Li, a powerful man in the Tokugawa government, which has ruled Japan for 300 years. They suspect a traitor in their midst, and their suspicions fall on Niiro, an impoverished ronin who dreams of samurai status, and Kurihara, an aristocratic samurai who befriends Niiro. Niiro longs to identify his father, knowing he is a high-ranking official who will disclose himself only if Niiro achieves samurai status. With American ships in Japan's harbors, cynicism among the assassins, and change in the air, Niiro resolves to reach ends that may prove ephemeral.



Production

Distributed by Toho Company Ltd. (Japan)
Toho International Company Inc. (1966, USA)
Release date(s) January 3, 1965 (Japan)
March 5, 1965 (USA)

Director................................: Kihachi Okamoto
Writer(screenplay)......................: Shinobu Hashimoto
Writer(novel "Samurai Nippon")..........: Jiromasa Gunji
Line producer...........................: Masao Suzuki
Producer................................: Tomoyuki Tanaka
Executive Producer(U.S. video version)..: Robert J. Woodhead
Original Music..........................: Masaru Satô
Cinematography..........................: Hiroshi Murai
Film Editing............................: Yoshitami Kuroiwa
Production Design.......................: Iwao Akune
Assistant Director......................: Michio Yamamoto
Sound Department........................: Yoshio Nishikawa
Sound Department........................: Hisashi Shimonaga
Special Effects.........................: Minoru Izumi
Stunts..................................: Ryû Kuze
Lighting Technician.....................: Tsuruzo Nishikawa
Cultural Consultant(US video version)...: Hisayo Klutz
Translator(US video version)............: Shin Kurokawa
Dialogue Checker(US video version)......: Natsumi Ueki
Subtitling Director(US video version)...: Robert J. Woodhead



Cast

Toshirô Mifune........: Tsuruchiyo Niiro
Keiju Kobayashi.......: Einosuke Kurihara
Michiyo Aratama.......: Okiku / Kikuhime
Yûnosuke Itô..........: Kenmotsu Hoshino
Eijirô Tôno...........: Masagorô Kisoya
Tatsuyoshi Ehara......: Ichigoro Hayama
Tadao Nakamaru........: Shigezo Inada
Kaoru Yachigusa.......: Mitsu
Haruko Sugimura.......: Tsuru
Nami Tamura...........: Yae
Shirô Ôtsuji..........: Kaname Kojima
Yoshio Inaba..........: Keijiro Sumita
Akihiko Hirata........: Sohei Masui
Hideyo Amamoto........: Matazaburo Hagiwara
Ikio Sawamura.........: Tatsukichi Bisenya
Chôtarô Tôgin.........: Seiichi Morikawa
Yasuzô Ogawa..........: Ronin
Masanari Nihei........: Ronin
Toshio Kurosawa.......: Katsunoshin Itamura
Yoshifumi Tajima......: Samurai
Komazô Ichikawa.......: Shuzen Nakano
Nadao Kirino..........: Samurai
Ren Yamamoto
Jun'ichirô Mukai......: Samurai
Kôji Iwamoto..........: Ronin
Naoya Kusakawa........: Man with sharp eyes
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi.....: Sumoya manager
Yurie Hidaka
Fujio Tokita..........: Ronin
Hiroshi Hasegawa......: Ronin
Mitsugu Terashima.....: Chuzaemon Nishikawa
Takashi Shimura.......: Narihisa Ichijô
Susumu Fujita.........: Tatewaki Todo
Shikaku Nakamura......: Gengobei Nosaka
Chûsha Ichikawa.......: Sahyônosuke Matsudaira
Nagayo Kita
Kan Hôshô
Hakuô Matsumoto.......: Lord Naosuke Ii (as Kôshirô Matsumoto)



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Date of post.......: 25.04.2012