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Assassination 1964

Runtime

104 mins

Language

Japanese

Japanese

The story opens in 1853 when the arrival of the “four black ships” in Edo Bay sparks civil unrest and a power struggle that ends the Tokugawa shogunate. In this volatile climate where political assassination is a feared tool, Shinoda’s film follows Hachiro Kiyokawa, a masterless samurai whose loyalties swing between the shogunate and the emperor.

The story opens in 1853 when the arrival of the “four black ships” in Edo Bay sparks civil unrest and a power struggle that ends the Tokugawa shogunate. In this volatile climate where political assassination is a feared tool, Shinoda’s film follows Hachiro Kiyokawa, a masterless samurai whose loyalties swing between the shogunate and the emperor.

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