Assassination
暗殺
Release: 1964-07-04
·Runtime: 104m
·★ 7.1
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Shochiku
Cast
Yukio Ninagawa
as Shôhei Imuta
Tetsuro Tamba
as Hachiro Kiyokawa
Shima Iwashita
as Oren
Gen Shimizu
as Jûjirô Ishii
Isao Kimura
as Tadasaburo Sasaki
Keiji Sada
Fujio Suga
as Kyûô Udono
Takanobu Hozumi
as Tetsutaro Yamaoka
Muga Takewaki
as Shingo Miyagawa
Minoru Hodaka
as Shûji Sakuma
Eitarō Ozawa
as Premier Itakura
Takeshi Kusaka
Junkichi Orimoto
as Kamo Serizawa
Eiji Okada
as Lord Matsudaira
Tamotsu Hayakawa
as Shôzô Ishizaka
Yoshito Yamaji
as Detective Yoshikichi
