Samurai Assassin

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Kihachi Okamoto

Writing Credits

Shinobu Hashimoto
(screenplay)
Jiromasa Gunji
(novel)

Cast

Toshirô Mifune
Tsuruchiyo Niiro
Keiju Kobayashi
Einosuke Kurihara
Michiyo Aratama
Okiku / Kikuhime
Yûnosuke Itô
Kenmotsu Hoshino
Eijirô Tôno
Masagorô Kisoya
Tatsuyoshi Ehara
Ichigoro Hayama
Tadao Nakamaru
Shigezo Inada
Kaoru Yachigusa
Mitsu
Haruko Sugimura
Tsuru
Nami Tamura
Yae
Shirô Ôtsuji
Kaname Kojima
Yoshio Inaba
Keijiro Sumita
Akihiko Hirata
Sohei Masui
Hideyo Amamoto
Matazaburo Hagiwara
Ikio Sawamura
Tatsukichi Bisenya
Chôtarô Tôgin
Seiichi Morikawa
Yasuzô Ogawa
Ronin
Masaya Nihei
Ronin
Toshio Kurosawa
Katsunoshin Itamura
Yoshifumi Tajima
Samurai
Komazô Ichikawa
Shuzen Nakano
Nadao Kirino
Samurai
Jun'ichirô Mukai
Samurai
Kôji Iwamoto
Ronin
Naoya Kusakawa
Man with sharp eyes
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
Sumoya manager
Fujio Tokita
Ronin
Hiroshi Hasegawa
Ronin
Mitsugu Terashima
Chuzaemon Nishikawa
Takashi Shimura
Narihisa Ichijô
Susumu Fujita
Tatewaki Todo
Shikaku Nakamura
Gengobei Nosaka
Chûsha Ichikawa
Sahyônosuke Matsudaira
Hakuô Matsumoto
Lord Naosuke Ii

Produced by

Masao Suzuki
line producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
producer
Robert J. Woodhead
executive producer (U.S. video version)

Music by

Masaru Satô

Cinematography by

Hiroshi Murai

Editing by

Yoshitami Kuroiwa

Production Design by

Iwao Akune

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Michio Yamamoto
chief assistant director

Sound Department

Yoshio Nishikawa
sound
Hisashi Shimonaga
sound mixer

Special Effects by

Minoru Izumi
special effects

Stunts

Ryû Kuze
fight choreographer

Camera and Electrical Department

Tsuruzô Nishikawa
lighting technician

Additional Crew

Hisayo Klutz
cultural consultant (US video version)
Shin Kurokawa
translator (US video version)
Natsumi Ueki
dialogue checker (US video version)
Robert J. Woodhead
subtitling director (US video version)
All Filters