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Heaven has no swords.
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.Read moreLess
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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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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Tōru AbeCast
Mikijiro HiraCast
Yoshio InabaCast
Chiezo KataokaCast
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Nami MunakataCast
Kōtarō SatomiCast
Minoru ŌkiCast
Shirō ŌsakaCast
Hideo SunazukaCast
Rinichi YamamotoCastExplore the crew
- Director
- Eiichi Kudō
- Writer
- Kaneo Ikegami
- Original Music Composer
- Seiichi Suzuki
- Director of Photography
- Osamu Furuya
- Editor
- Kozo Horiike