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Assassination

Assassination

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 4, 1964

Runtime

1h 44m

Genres

Drama

User Score

71%

Original Title

暗殺

Production Companies

Shochiku

Director

Masahiro Shinoda

Description

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.