Samurai Secret Agent
1983 · 91 min · Action, Drama, TV Movie
A master swordsman is ordered to go undercover on a mission to find and destroy a cannon factory being used by two samurai clans that try to usurp power and gain the position of shogun for one of their own.
Directed by Ryuichi Takamori · Written by Miyakawa Ichiro
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★ 8.01980
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★ 6.01967
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