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The Great Duel (1964)

NA118 minAction, Drama

7.4 / 10

19 votes

Budget: NARevenue: NA

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.

Directed by Eiichi Kudo

Written by Kaneo Ikegami