![The Great Duel](https://i3.wp.com/image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/a3cfwrlfe0cGDacjUb5IbCjrYct.jpg)
Plot
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.
Writer | Kaneo Ikegami |
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Director | Eiichi Kudo |
Actor | Tōru Abe, Mikijiro Hira, Yoshio Inaba |
Country | Japan |
Production | Toei Company |