The Great Duel (1964)

The Great Duel (1964) - Action Movies 118 minutes. The Great Killing, O Grande Atentado, Dai satsujin, The Great Battle, The Great Melee. 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. japan, samurai, assassination, jidaigeki, edo period, chanbara, bushi