Jul 04, 1964
104 min
Full-HD

Assassination (1964)

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.

Category

Drama

Country

Japan

Companies

Shochiku

Tetsuro Tamba

Hachiro Kiyokawa

Eiji Okada

Lord Matsudaira

Eitarō Ozawa

Premier Itakura

Isao Kimura

Tadasaburo Sasaki

Shima Iwashita

Oren

Keiji Sada

Takeshi Kusaka

Sumio Takatsu

Otojirô Kôno

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