Summary
Hanpei is a gentle young samurai that loves flowers. One day, he witnesses an old man's quick draw of the sword. He is so impressed that he becomes the old man's pupil. Soon, Hanpei's skill of sword comes to attention of his lord. The lord orders him to assassinate a man...
Details
Release Date: October 16, 1965
Runtime: 83 minutes
Genres: Action, Drama
Original Language: JA
Rating: ⭐ 6.1/10 (10 votes)
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Michiko Sugata
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Kei Satō
Secretery Kanbe
Ryūtarō Gomi
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Gorō Mutsumi
Yuzo
Asao Uchida
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Ryūzō Shimada
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Kōichi Mizuhara
Gosuke
Rokkō Toura
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Shōsaku Sugiyama
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Yūji Hamada
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Toda Shingo
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Shuzen Kagemura
Gen Kimura
Takeshi Tanakura
Ichirō Takakura
Kimiko Tachibana
Jun Katsumura