


“Here, at the Gates of Sakurada, the Shogunate will fall.”
Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle with the intention of assassinating Naosuke Ii of Hikone, tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate and responsible for their misfortune.
Director
Kihachi Okamoto
Writers
Shinobu Hashimoto
Release Date
January 3, 1965
Runtime
2h 2m
Status
Released
Original Language
ja
Vote Count
57

Mifune Productions