Hitokiri 🆓

: Shintaro Katsu (famed for Zatoichi ) delivers what many critics call a career-best performance as Izo, a "human dog"—fierce, naive, and ultimately a tragic pawn in a political chess match. Tatsuya Nakadai plays his cold, manipulative master.

Directed by Hideo Gosha, this film is widely considered one of the greatest "chanbara" (sword fighting) films ever made. It is a gritty, historically accurate drama based on the real-life assassin Okada Izo during the Bakumatsu period. Hitokiri

In the Ubisoft game For Honor , Hitokiri is a terrifying executioner-themed hero wielding a massive Masakari axe. Hitokiri (1969) - IMDb : Shintaro Katsu (famed for Zatoichi ) delivers

: Reviewers on IMDb and Midnight Eye praise its stunning color cinematography and "near-psychedelic intensity". a "human dog"—fierce