Assassination
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1964-07-04
Runtime: 104 mins
Director: Masahiro Shinoda
Spoken language: 日本語
Genres: Drama
Original title: Assassination
Production Companies: Shochiku
Production Countries: Japan
Cast
Tetsuro Tamba
Eiji Okada
Eitarō Ozawa
Isao Kimura
Shima Iwashita
Keiji Sada
Takeshi Kusaka
Sumio Takatsu
Muga Takewaki
Tamotsu Hayakawa
Fujio Suga
Takanobu Hozumi
Hideo Kidokoro
Tetsuji Takechi
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