Samurai Assassin (1965)
- Original title
- 侍
- Directed by
- Kihachi Okamoto
- Genre
- historical film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 2h 02m
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 63 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In 1860 Japan, a masterless samurai schemes to assassinate a powerful government official. His plan is complicated by political loyalties and his own past.
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What happens
Samurai Assassin (Japanese: 侍, Hepburn: Samurai) is a 1965 Japanese film directed by Kihachi Okamoto and starring Toshiro Mifune, Koshiro Matsumoto, Yūnosuke Itō, and Michiyo Aratama. It is set in 1860, immediately before the Meiji Restoration changed Japanese society forever by doing away with the castes in society and reducing the position of the samurai class. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Hoodlum Soldier (1965)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.