Assassination
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.
Genre: Drama
Cast: Tetsurō Tamba, Eiji Okada, Eitarō Ozawa, Isao Kimura, Shima Iwashita, Keiji Sada, Takeshi Kusaka, Sumio Takatsu, Muga Takewaki, Tamotsu Hayakawa, Fujio Suga, Takanobu Hozumi, Hideo Kidokoro
Crew: Masahiro Shinoda (Director), Toru Takemitsu (Original Music Composer), Masao Kosugi (Director of Photography), Nobuo Yamada (Screenplay), Junichi Ôsumi (Art Direction)