Japan Synopsis
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Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle with the intention of assassinating Naosuke Ii of Hikone, tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate and responsible for their misfortune.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Samurai Assassin. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From TOHO
Drama + Action in Japan
444 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Samurai Assassin itself).
The 1964–1966 Japan Window
Samurai Assassin holds position #19 of 74 Japan films in the 1964–1966 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1960s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1960s in Japan, 202 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Samurai Assassin premiered alongside 21 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 21 other Japan films in 1965.
The 210th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
44 audience reviews — more than 61% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (61th percentile) outruns trending popularity (34th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Samurai Assassin, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- edo period · 19
- ronin · 18
- japan · 454
- based on novel or book · 288
- samurai · 128
- based on true story · 98
- tokyo · 78
- jidaigeki · 61
- sword fight · 56
- 19th century · 32
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,787 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (61st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.3 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #778 of 1,933 (top 40%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | TOHO, Mifune Productions |
| Runtime | 2h 2m |
| Release Date | January 3, 1965 |
| IMDb | tt0059673 |