Akuto (Film) (1965)
1965 film by Kaneto Shindō
- Released
- 1965
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Genre
- Samurai film, Jidaigeki (period dramas)
- Director
- Kaneto Shindō
- Screenplay
- Kaneto Shindō
- Music
- Hikaru Hayashi
- Starring
- Kyōko Kishida, Eitarō Ozawa, Nobuko Otowa, Taiji Tonoyama
- Running time
- 119 minutes
Akuto (Japanese: 悪党, Hepburn: Akutō; lit. "Villain"), released in the United States as Conquest, is a 1965 Japanese jidaigeki drama film written and directed by Kaneto Shindō. It is based on the play Kaoyo by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki.
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Facts from Wikidata Q4701990 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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