1964
7.5 (20 votes)
1h 58m
Genres
Action
Drama
Production Companies
Toei Company
The Great Killing (大殺陣)
Heaven has no swords.
Overview
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.
