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
Tetsuro Tamba
Hachiro Kiyokawa
Eiji Okada
Lord Matsudaira
Eitarō Ozawa
Premier Itakura
Isao Kimura
Tadasaburo Sasaki
Shima Iwashita
Oren
Keiji Sada
Unknown
Takeshi Kusaka
Unknown
Sumio Takatsu
Otojirô Kôno
Muga Takewaki
Shingo Miyagawa
Tamotsu Hayakawa
Shôzô Ishizaka
Fujio Suga
Kyûô Udono
Takanobu Hozumi
Tetsutaro Yamaoka
Hideo Kidokoro
Inaba
Tetsuji Takechi
Hisamizu Shimazu
Gen Shimizu
Jûjirô Ishii
Yoshito Yamaji
Detective Yoshikichi
Hiroshi Aoyama
Sankichi
Shin'ya Mizushima
Keijirô Aizawa
Kyoko Aoi
Unknown
Junkichi Orimoto
Kamo Serizawa
Minoru Hodaka
Shûji Sakuma
Yukio Ninagawa
Shôhei Imuta
Hiroshi Mizushima
Unknown
Akira Hanagami
Unknown
Jun Ooi
Unknown
Satarō Taki
Unknown
Omenosuke Ichikawa
Unknown
Kenzō Tanaka
Unknown
Ryokutarō Hanai
Unknown
Fujio Sasagawa
Unknown
Kenji Hayashi
Unknown
Kimie Hayashi
Unknown
Junko Hara
Unknown
Itoko Wakaura
Unknown
Kazuko Futaba
Unknown
Fusako Suzuki
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