Rent The Great Killing (1964)
3.8 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 58min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- 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 (Tôru Abe), leads a plot to stop the Elder, but his cabal is betrayed and most of the conspirators are captured and tortured.
- Actors:
- Kôtarô Satomi, Chôichirô Kawarasaki, Mikijirô Hira, Nami Munakata, Minoru Ôki, Shirô Ôsaka, Hideo Sunazuka, Yoshio Inaba, Tôru Abe, Rin'ichi Yamamoto, Kôshirô Harada, Yuriko Mishima, Kayako Sono, Shunji Kasuga, Masahiko Naruse, Kiyoshi Kachi, Masao Hori, Kenji Kusumoto, Hiroshi Katô, Kazutarô Kuni
- Directors:
- Eiichi Kudô
- Producers:
- Norimichi Matsudaira
- Narrated By:
- Takayuki Akutagawa
- Writers:
- Kaneo Ikegami
- Aka:
- The Great Duel
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama
- Countries:
- Japan
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 30/03/2026
- Run Time:
- 120 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Brand new audio commentary by film critic David West
- Magician of Light and Shadow, a brand new video essay by film critic and Japanese cinema expert Daisuke Miyao on the cinematography seen in the film
- Samurai Guerilla Part 2, an archival interview where Misao Arai and Dirty Kudo discuss the jidaigeki genre and expand on the political dimension of The Great Killing
- Masaaki Ito Remembers Eiichi Kudo, a tribute to the director by his former assistant and brother-in-law
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