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Assassination

3.5

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Duration104 min.
LanguageJapanese
StatusReleased
Release DateJul 4, 1964

Overview

Assassination begins with the events of 1853 when "four black ships" anchored at Edo Bay, sparking civil unrest and the major political manoeuvring that saw the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate. At a time when assassination had become a disturbing political tool, Shinoda's film follows Hachiro Kiyokawa, an ambitious, masterless samurai whose allegiances drift dangerously between the Shogunate and the Emperor.

Genres

  • Drama

Casts

Tetsuro Tamba

Tetsuro Tamba

Hachiro Kiyokawa

Eiji Okada

Eiji Okada

Lord Matsudaira

Eitarō Ozawa

Eitarō Ozawa

Premier Itakura

Isao Kimura

Isao Kimura

Tadasaburo Sasaki

Shima Iwashita

Shima Iwashita

Oren

Keiji Sada

Keiji Sada

Takeshi Kusaka

Takeshi Kusaka

Sumio Takatsu

Otojirô Kôno

Muga Takewaki

Muga Takewaki

Shingo Miyagawa

Tamotsu Hayakawa

Tamotsu Hayakawa

Shôzô Ishizaka

Fujio Suga

Fujio Suga

Kyûô Udono

Takanobu Hozumi

Takanobu Hozumi

Tetsutaro Yamaoka

Hideo Kidokoro

Inaba

Tetsuji Takechi

Hisamizu Shimazu

Gen Shimizu

Gen Shimizu

Jûjirô Ishii

Yoshito Yamaji

Yoshito Yamaji

Detective Yoshikichi

Hiroshi Aoyama

Sankichi

Shin'ya Mizushima

Keijirô Aizawa

Kyoko Aoi

Junkichi Orimoto

Junkichi Orimoto

Kamo Serizawa

Minoru Hodaka

Minoru Hodaka

Shûji Sakuma

Yukio Ninagawa

Yukio Ninagawa

Shôhei Imuta

Hiroshi Mizushima

Akira Hanagami

Jun Ooi

Satarō Taki

Omenosuke Ichikawa

Kenzō Tanaka

Ryokutarō Hanai

Fujio Sasagawa

Kenji Hayashi

Kimie Hayashi

Junko Hara

Itoko Wakaura

Kazuko Futaba

Fusako Suzuki