Movie·1964·118 min

The Great Killing

Name: The Great Killing
Genre: Action, Drama
Released: 1964-06-03
Duration: 118 min
Cast: Tōru Abe, Mikijiro Hira, Yoshio Inaba, Chiezo Kataoka, Chōichirō Kawarasaki

The Great Killing streams in the US on ARROW, and free with ads on Cineverse, as of October 6, 2026.

Heaven has no swords.

7.3 / 10 · TMDB

Action Drama

A cynical samurai is left as the sole survivor to fulfill a plot to assassinate the puppet of a villain intent on usurping the shogunate in the 17th century. A Shogunate Elder connives to rule Japan by making his puppet, the Shogun's brother Tsunashige, the next Shogun. The best strategist in Japan, Yamaga, leads a plot to stop the Elder, but his cabal is betrayed and most of the conspirators are captured and tortured.

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