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Assassin / Assasination

Assassin / Assasination

Ansatsu

1964
none
action | drama
Japan | Japanese | Black & White | 01:44

At a time when assassination had become a disturbing political tool, Shinoda’s film follows Hachiro Kiyokawa (Tetsuro Tamba), an ambitious, masterless samurai whose allegiances drift dangerously between the Shogunate and the Emperor. Filmed in richly stylish black and white ‘Scope by cinematographer Masao Kosugi, Shinoda’s film explores the character of Kiyokawa as he singlehandedly attempts, against a backdrop of betrayal and abrupt violence, to prevent the outbreak of civil war.


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Tetsuro Tamba Hachirô Kiyokawa
Shima Iwashita Oren / Kiyokawa's sweetheart
Eiji Okada Lord Matsudaira
Isao Kimura Tadasaburô Sasaki
Tamotsu Hayakawa Shôzô Ishizaka
Eitarô Ozawa Premier Itakura
Fujio Suga Kyûô Udono
Muga Takewaki Shingo Miyagawa
Takanobu Hozumi Tetsutaro Yamaoka
Hideo Kidokoro Inaba
Tetsuji Takechi Hisamizu Shimazu
Gen Shimizu Jûjirô Ishii
Yoshindo Yamaji Detective Yoshikichi
Hiroshi Aoyama Sankichi
Shin'ya Mizushima Keijirô Aizawa
Kyoko Aoi
Junkichi Orimoto Kamo Serizawa
Sumio Takatsu Otojirô Kôno
Minoru Hodaka Shûji Sakuma
Yukio Ninagawa Shôhei Imuta
Hiroshi Mizushima
Mitsuru Tateoka
Ken Amano
Takao Shigetomi
Akira Hanaue

Edition details

Edition Criterion
Nr Discs 1