Samurai Assassin

You wait on a muddy road outside Edo Castle as rain starts to fall. A single, bloodied katana rests at your feet. Then the city’s chief enforcer rides past, untouched. The camera watches the crowd part like water, still and deep.

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Kihachi Okamoto directed Samurai Assassin in 1965. See Kihachi Okamoto's full filmography, where to start with Kihachi Okamoto, or where to go after you've seen everything by Kihachi Okamoto.

Samurai Assassin was released in 1965 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 122 minutes.