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.

Details

Genres

Drama

Language

JA

Release Date

1964-07-04

Runtime

104 min

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Cast

Tetsuro Tamba

Eiji Okada

Eitarō Ozawa

Isao Kimura

Shima Iwashita

Keiji Sada

Takeshi Kusaka

Sumio Takatsu

Muga Takewaki

Tamotsu Hayakawa