Assassins for sale

Mar 08, 1963 | IMDB 7.3

86 min Watch Now

Drama, Action

Nagasaki at the end of the Edo period had the taste of a criminal paradise, where, despite the exotic, dangerous work was always in demand. Here, three wandering samurai who earn their living by killing get to know each other. Soon they learn that government officials will be transporting a large cargo of gold and decide to steal it.

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Jun Fujimaki, Masayo Banri, Shigeru Amachi, Ryūzō Shimada, Tomisaburō Wakayama, Tatsuo Endō, Eigorō Onoe, Kōichi Mizuhara, Shōsaku Sugiyama, Yūsaku Terashima

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