Hitokiri

Year Published: 1969

Creator: Gosha, HideoHideo Gosha

Credits: Cast: Shintaro Katsu, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yukio Mishima

Description: Okada Izō is a ronin born into poverty who joins the Kinnō-tō (ja), a group of Imperial loyalists based in Tosa. Okada soon becomes a well known and successful killer, and he is stubbornly loyal to Takechi Hanpeita. He is eventually killed by the assassination of the aristocrat Anenokōji using the sword of Tanaka Shinbei.

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