Assassination
- Released on
- Runtime
- 104 mins
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 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.
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
- Gen Shimizu
- Yoshito Yamaji
- Hiroshi Aoyama
- Shin'ya Mizushima
- Kyoko Aoi
- Junkichi Orimoto
- Minoru Hodaka
- Yukio Ninagawa
- Hiroshi Mizushima
- Akira Hanagami
- Jun Ooi
- Satarō Taki
- Omenosuke Ichikawa
- Kenzō Tanaka
- Ryokutarō Hanai
- Fujio Sasagawa
- Kenji Hayashi
- Kimie Hayashi
- Junko Hara
- Itoko Wakaura
- Kazuko Futaba
- Fusako Suzuki
Director
- Masahiro Shinoda
Producers
- Shizuo Yamanouchi
Screenwriter
- Nobuo Yamada
