Rokunin no ansatsusha (1955)

Original title

六人の暗殺者

Directed by

Eisuke Takizawa

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 47m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Six assassins are brought together for a mission in feudal Japan. The film follows their preparations and the moral weight of their actions.

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What happens

Rokunin no Ansatsusha (Japanese: 六人の暗殺者) is a 1955 black-and-white Japanese film drama directed by Eisuke Takizawa. The film won 1956 Blue Ribbon Awards for best screenplay by Ryūzō Kikushima. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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