| Assassination | |
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 UK DVD Cover | |
| Directed by | Masahiro Shinoda |
| Screenplay by | Nobuo Yamada [1] |
| Story by | Ryotaro Shiba [1] |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Masao Kosugi [1] |
| Music by | Toru Takemitsu [1] |
Production company | |
Release date |
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Running time | 104 minutes [1] |
| Country | Japan |
Assassination (暗殺, Ansatsu), also known as The Assassin, is a 1964 film directed by Masahiro Shinoda. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Release
Assassination was released in Japan in 1964. [1] The film was released in the United States on October 30, 1964 by Shochiku Films of America. [1]
Cast
- Tetsurō Tamba – Hachirô Kiyokawa
- Shima Iwashita – Oren
- Isao Kimura – Tadasaburô Sasaki
- Eiji Okada – Lord Matsudaira
- Eitaro Ozawa – Premier Itakura
- Takanobu Hozumi – Tetsutaro Yamaoka
- Junkichi Orimoto – Kamo Serizawa
- Yukio Ninagawa – Shôhei Imuta
- Muga Takewaki - Miyagawa
- Keiji Sada – Sakamoto Ryōma
References
Footnotes
Sources
- Galbraith IV, Stuart (1996). The Japanese Filmography: 1900 through 1994. McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0032-3.
External links
- Assassination essay by Joan Mellen at the Masters of Cinema website
- Assassination trailer at the Masters of Cinema website
- Assassination at IMDb
- Assassination at AllMovie
- (in Japanese) "暗殺 (Ansatsu)" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-07-16.
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- 1964 films
- 1960s historical drama films
- Japanese black-and-white films
- Films directed by Masahiro Shinoda
- 1960s Japanese-language films
- Jidaigeki films
- Samurai films
- Shochiku films
- Japanese historical drama films
- Films scored by Toru Takemitsu
- 1964 drama films
- Films set in Bakumatsu
- 1960s Japanese films
- 1960s Japanese film stubs
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