Assassination

About Assassination

In 1863, when American warships approach Japan, an enigmatic ronin becomes an important figure in a complex game of power between the Shogunate and the empire.

Masahiro Shinoda's Assassination is a 1964 drama film. Its themes are jidaigeki, bakumatsu, japanese new wave, and 19th century.

Tetsuro Tamba appears as Hachiro Kiyokawa, Eiji Okada as Lord Matsudaira, Eitarō Ozawa as Premier Itakura, and Isao Kimura as Tadasaburo Sasaki. Released in July 1964, it runs 104 minutes.

The screenplay is by Nobuo Yamada. It streams on Criterion Channel in the United States.

13 Assassins, Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins, and Yojimbo make useful companions to Assassination, all filed under japan. It carries a NR rating.