Shogun Assassin (1980)
Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews
He whips out his sword and relieves his victims of their heads!!
A Shogun who grew paranoid as he became senile sent his ninjas to kill his samurai. They failed but did kill the samurai’s wife. The samurai swore to avenge the death of his wife and roams the countryside with his toddler son in search of vengeance.
- Released: 1980-11-11
- Genres: Action, Adventure
- Runtime: 1h 25m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 6.9/10 from 196 votes
Directed by Robert Houston, Kenji Misumi.
Top cast
- Tomisaburō Wakayama as Ogami Itto
- Akihiro Tomikawa as Daigoro Ogami
- Kayo Matsuo as Supreme Ninja
- Minoru Ōki as Master of Death
- Shin Kishida as Master of Death
- Shogen Nitta as Master of Death
- Reiko Kasahara as Azami
- Akiji Kobayashi as Lord Kurogawa
- Taketoshi Naitō as Lord Bizen
- Tokio Oki as The Shogun
Where to watch Shogun Assassin
- United States: stream on Criterion Channel; rent on Amazon Video; buy on Amazon Video
- United Kingdom: rent on Amazon Video; buy on Amazon Video
- Canada: stream on Criterion Channel
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