| Assassination | |
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| Directed by | Masahiro Shinoda |
| Written by | Novel: Ryotaro Shiba Screenplay: Nobuo Yamada |
| Music by | Toru Takemitsu |
| Cinematography | Masao Kosugi |
| Distributed by | Shochiku |
| Released | October 30, 1964 |
| Running time | 104 min. |
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Assassination (暗殺 Ansatsu) is a 1964 Japanese movie directed by Masahiro Shinoda. It is based on a Ryotaro Shiba novel.
Plot[]
The story of Assassination begins with the events of 1853 when "four black ships", the foreign steamboats of Commander Matthew Perry, anchored at Edo Bay. Massive civil unrest followed, and the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate's time in power had arrived. Hachiro Kiyokawa, an assassin whose loyalties shift whenever it suits him, capitalizes on this chaotic time in Japan's political history.
Cast[]
- Tetsuro Tamba ... Hachiro Kiyokawa
- Eiji Okada ... Lord Matsudaira
- Eitarō Ozawa ... Premier Itakura
- Isao Kimura ... Tadasaburo Sasaki
- Muga Takewaki ... Shingo Miyagawa
- Shima Iwashita ... Oren, Kiyokawa's sweetheart
- Keiji Sada
External links[]
- Assassination review at Eye For Film