---
title: 'Hitokiri (1969)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Hideo Gosha'
released: '1969-08-09'
runtime_minutes: 140
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/hitokiri-1969'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200710/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Hitokiri (1969)

1969 · 140 min · Drama · Japan

Original title: 人斬り

## Synopsis

Hitokiri  is a 1969 Japanese samurai film directed by Hideo Gosha 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Hideo Gosha](https://cinepixo.com/people/hideo-gosha)
- **Screenplay:** [Shinobu Hashimoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/shinobu-hashimoto)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Masaru Sato](https://cinepixo.com/people/masaru-sato)

## Cast

- [Yūjirō Ishihara](https://cinepixo.com/people/yujiro-ishihara)
- [Mitsuko Baishō](https://cinepixo.com/people/mitsuko-baisho)
- [Yukio Mishima](https://cinepixo.com/people/yukio-mishima)
- [Shintarō Katsu](https://cinepixo.com/people/shintaro-katsu)
- [Tatsuya Nakadai](https://cinepixo.com/people/tatsuya-nakadai)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/hitokiri-1969
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