Hitokiri | |
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Directed by | Hideo Gosha |
Written by | Shinobu Hashimoto |
Produced by | Fuji Telecasting, Katsu Productions |
Starring | Shintaro Katsu Tatsuya Nakadai Yukio Mishima Yujiro Ishihara |
Cinematography | Fujio Morita |
Edited by | Kanji Suganuma |
Distributed by | Daiei Film (Japan) Japanese Film Exchange (USA) Daiei International Films (USA) |
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Running time | 140 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
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]