Description
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Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBRWVg4AVyg
Set in 1860, soon after the Treaty of Amity and Commerce opened trade between Japan and the US, Samurai Assassin is about a plot to assassinate Ii Naosuke, the official who signed the agreement, by a band of disgruntled samurai. Toshiro Mifune’s character is a poor ronin who is also the illegitimate son of a noble family, and who hopes being involved in the plot will win him some respect. But the film makes clear that the samurai code and feudal structure he was raised to believe in is riddled with hypocrisy. Director Kihachi Okamoto’s mastery of the widescreen format and flair for staging and shooting wild swordplay battles are on full display in this rare 35mm print provided by the Japan Foundation. (Dir.: Kihachi Okamoto, Japan, 1965, 121 min., 35mm, Japanese with English subtitles)
Film still courtesy of the Japan Foundation
Cost
Free
