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.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Tetsuro Tamba, Eiji Okada, Eitarō Ozawa, Isao Kimura, Shima Iwashita, Keiji Sada
Crew: Masahiro Shinoda (Director), Masao Kosugi (Director of Photography), Toru Takemitsu (Original Music Composer), Nobuo Yamada (Screenplay), Shizuo Yamanouchi (Producer), Junichi Ôsumi (Art Direction)
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Studio: Shochiku
Runtime: 104 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jul 04, 1964
IMDb: 3.9
