Killer's Mission

Killer's Mission

1969 · 90 min · ★ 6.8 · Action

Ichibei is assigned by Shogun Tokugawa to prevent the sale of a Dutch ships-load of rifles to the hostile Shogun Satsuma. On his mission he meets a cowardly Ronin who becomes his assistant, as well as a female spy and a female warrior...

Directed by Shigehiro Ozawa · Written by Kōji Takada

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