Assassination

Assassination

104 mins | Drama | July 4, 1964

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.

Assassination

104 mins | Drama | July 4, 1964

Assassination
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Shochiku Co., Ltd.
Original title 暗殺
Directors Masahiro Shinoda
Writers Ryōtarō Shiba, Nobuo Yamada

Cast

Tetsurō Tamba

as Hachiro Kiyokawa

Eiji Okada

as Lord Matsudaira

Eitarō Ozawa

as Premier Itakura

Isao Kimura

as Tadasaburo Sasaki

Shima Iwashita

as Oren, Kiyokawa's sweetheart

Sumio Takatsu

as Otojirô Kôno

Muga Takewaki

as Shingo Miyagawa

Tamotsu Hayakawa

as Shôzô Ishizaka

Fujio Suga

as Kyûô Udono

Takanobu Hozumi

as Tetsutaro Yamaoka

Hideo Kidokoro

as Inaba

Tetsuji Takechi

as Hisamizu Shimazu

Gen Shimizu

as Jûjirô Ishii

Yoshito Yamaji

as Detective Yoshikichi

Hiroshi Aoyama

as Sankichi

Shin'ya Mizushima

as Keijirô Aizawa

Junkichi Orimoto

as Kamo Serizawa

Minoru Hodaka

as Shûji Sakuma

Yukio Ninagawa

as Shôhei Imuta

Jun Ooi

as