Hitokiri (film)

Hitokiri (人斬り) is a 1969 Japanese samurai film directed by Hideo Gosha set during the end of the Tokugawa shogunate and based on the lives of the historical Four Hitokiri of the Bakumatsu. It is notable for starring the famous author Yukio Mishima.

Hitokiri
Directed byHideo Gosha
Written byShinobu Hashimoto
Produced byFuji Telecasting,
Katsu Productions
StarringShintaro Katsu
Tatsuya Nakadai
Yukio Mishima
Yujiro Ishihara
CinematographyFujio Morita
Distributed byDaiei Film (Japan)
Japanese Film Exchange (USA)
Daiei International Films (USA)
Release date
9 August 1969
Running time
140 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
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