Ansatsu 1964

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:

Tetsurō Tamba
Hachiro Kiyokawa 

Eiji Okada
Lord Matsudaira 

Eitarō Ozawa
Premier Itakura 

Isao Kimura
Tadasaburo Sasaki 

Shima Iwashita
Oren, Kiyokawa's sweetheart 

Keiji Sada
 

• L'Assassinat
• The Assassin