Assassination

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Release date: July 04, 1964
Duration: 104 minutes
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Overview

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.

Starring

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Tetsuro Tamba
Hachiro Kiyokawa
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Eiji Okada
Lord Matsudaira
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Eitarō Ozawa
Premier Itakura
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Isao Kimura
Tadasaburo Sasaki