Summary: Feudal Japan. Kamo Serizawa and Isami Kondo turn a collection of student fencers into a band of assassins known as the Shinsen Group, devoted to the Tokugawa shogunate and to an elegant code of action and behavior. Kondo leads the band against the forces of the Emperor in hopes of preventing his restoration to the throne. (imdb)

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AKA: Band of Assassins

Genres: Drama, Action, Adventure

Country: Japan

Directed By: Tadashi Sawashima

Written By: Kenro Matsûra

Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Tsukasa, Rentaro Mikuni, Keiju Kobayashi, Yuriko Hoshi, Kinya Kitaoji

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