Hitokiri (film)

Hitokiri
Directed byHideo Gosha
Written byShinobu Hashimoto
Produced byFuji Telecasting,
Katsu Productions
StarringShintaro Katsu
Tatsuya Nakadai
Yukio Mishima
Yujiro Ishihara
CinematographyFujio Morita
Edited byKanji Suganuma
Distributed byDaiei Film (Japan)
Japanese Film Exchange (USA)
Daiei International Films (USA)
Release date
  • 9 August 1969 (1969-08-09)
Running time
140 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Hitokiri (人斬り) is a 1969 Japanese samurai film directed by Hideo Gosha[1][2] set during the end of the Tokugawa shogunate and based on the lives of the historical Four Hitokiri of the Bakumatsu. It is notable for starring the famous author Yukio Mishima.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ "侍姿の三島由紀夫の写真初公開 五社英雄監督「人斬り」で勝新太郎、石原裕次郎らと撮影". サンケイスポーツ. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  2. ^ "人斬り磯". kotobank. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. ^ review of Hitokiri
  4. ^ "人斬り". wowwo. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  5. ^ "人斬り". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 28 October 2020.