Killer's Mission
Aug 13, 1969 | IMDB 6.6
90 min Watch NowAction
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...
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Kagemusha
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Incident at Blood Pass
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IMDB 10 | Aug , 2025
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IMDB 6.4 | Dec , 2007
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