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Shogun Assassin

He whips out his sword and relieves his victims of their heads!!

  • Movie
  • 1980
  • 1h 25m

Directed by Robert Houston and Kenji Misumi

6.9

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6.9 out of 10 from 199 votes

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Overview

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.

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Cast and crew

  • Tomisaburō Wakayama

    Tomisaburō WakayamaOgami Itto

  • Akihiro Tomikawa

    Akihiro TomikawaDaigoro Ogami

  • Kayo Matsuo

    Kayo MatsuoSupreme Ninja

  • Minoru Ōki

    Minoru ŌkiMaster of Death

  • Shin Kishida

    Shin KishidaMaster of Death

  • Shogen NittaMaster of Death

  • Reiko Kasahara

    Reiko KasaharaAzami

  • Akiji Kobayashi

    Akiji KobayashiLord Kurogawa

  • Taketoshi Naitō

    Taketoshi NaitōLord Bizen

  • Tokio OkiThe Shogun

  • Lamont Johnson

    Lamont JohnsonVoice (voice)

  • Marshall Efron

    Marshall EfronVoice (voice)

  • Sandra Bernhard

    Sandra BernhardVoice (voice)

  • Vic DavisVoice (voice)

  • Lennie Weinrib

    Lennie WeinribVoice (voice)

  • Lainie CookVoice (voice)

  • Sam Weisman

    Sam WeismanVoice (voice)

  • Mark LindsayVoice (voice)

Director
Robert Houston and Kenji Misumi
Writer
Robert Houston, Kazuo Koike and David Weisman
Music
W. Michael Lewis, Kunihiko Murai and Mark Lindsay