Assassination (1964)

Ansatsu (original title)

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1h 44min
Action, Crime
30 Oct 1964 (USA)
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In 1863, when Americans warships approach Japan, a enigmatic ronin becomes a important figure in a complex game of power between the Shogunate and the empire.

Director:

Masahiro Shinoda

Writers:

Ryôtarô Shiba, Nobuo Yamada

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	Tetsurô Tanba	...	Hachirô Kiyokawa
	Shima Iwashita	...	Oren, Kiyokawa's sweetheart
	Eiji Okada	...	Lord Matsudaira
	Isao Kimura	...	Tadasaburô Sasaki
	Tamotsu Hayakawa	...	Shôzô Ishizaka
	Eitarô Ozawa	...	Premier Itakura
	Fujio Suga	...	Kyûô Udono
	Muga Takewaki	...	Shingo Miyagawa
	Takanobu Hozumi	...	Tetsutaro Yamaoka
	Hideo Kidokoro	...	Inaba
	Tetsuji Takechi	...	Hisamizu Shimazu
	Gen Shimizu	...	Jûjirô Ishii
	Yoshindo Yamaji	...	Detective Yoshikichi
	Hiroshi Aoyama	...	Sankichi
	Shin'ya Mizushima	...	Keijirô Aizawa (as Masaya Mizushima)
	Kyôko Aoi
	Junkichi Orimoto	...	Kamo Serizawa
	Sumio Takatsu	...	Otojirô Kôno
	Minoru Hodaka	...	Shûji Sakuma
	Yukio Ninagawa	...	Shôhei Imuta
	Hiroshi Mizushima
	Mitsuru Tateoka
	Ken Amano
	Takao Shigetomi
	Akira Hanaue
	Jun Ooi
	Shôsaburô Aihara
	Yasuzô Andô
	Kazuya Tsuchii
	Satarô Taki
	Takaaki Kadota
	Kazue Taki
	Shin Nakahara
	Kunichika Nagai
	Omenosuke Ichikawa
	Satoru Nishida
	Kenzô Tanaka
	Akio Miyajima
	Ryokutarô Hanai
	Shinpachi Kura
	Nishimiya Kenji
	Jun Kajima
	Isao Shizume
	Kazuo Ôkita
	Minoru Miyagi
	Kôzaburô Takami
	Kenjirô Nakase
	Muneshirô Matsumoto
	Fujio Sasagawa
	Yuzuru Asaoka
	Seikei Takaoka
	Teruo Sudô
	Kenji Hayashi
	Kimie Hayashi
	Junko Hara
	Yuki Kayama
	Itoko Wakaura
	Kazuko Futaba
	Reiko Kawachi
	Sakae Hamaoka
	Fusako Suzuki
	Keiji Sada
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	Takeshi Kusaka

Directed by

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Masahiro Shinoda

Written by

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Ryôtarô Shiba	...	(novel)

Nobuo Yamada	...	(screenplay)

Produced by

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Shizuo Yamanouchi

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producer

Music by

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Tôru Takemitsu

Cinematography by

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Masao Kosugi

Editing by

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Eiichi Amano

Editorial Department

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Junichirô Ôsaka

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assistant editor

Art Direction by

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Junichi Ôsumi

Set Decoration by

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Tsuneyoshi Kotani

Costume Design by

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Harue Katô

Makeup Department

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Yoshiko Kimura	...	hair stylist
Shôtarô Sakagami	...	key hair stylist

Production Management

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Shôzô Umamichi

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production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Kiyoshi Kikuchi	...	assistant director
Masahisa Sadanaga	...	first assistant director

Art Department

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Yutaka Tado

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set designer

Sound Department

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Masahiro Fukuyasu	...	sound
Kinjirô Koike	...	sound recordist

Stunts

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Tatsuo Hotta	...	martial arts advisor
Kentarô Yuasa	...	action coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department

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Yoichiro Ichinose	...	gaffer
Yûtarô Nashiki	...	camera operator
Yasushi Okutani	...	lighting technician

Script and Continuity Department

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Sachiko Hasegawa

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continuity

Production Companies

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Shochiku Kyoto

Distributors

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Shochiku Films of America (1964) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
Toho

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Storyline

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Plot Keywords	japanese-new-wave power samurai-action flashback selfishness See All (26) »
Genres	Action Crime Drama
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Certification	Netherlands:16 Taiwan:R-12 United Kingdom:12 (video rating)

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Also Known As	暗殺（1964） (Japan, Japanese title) Assassination (Japan, English title) The Assassination (World-wide, English title) Assassination (United States) Assassination (Canada, English title) See more »
Runtime	104 min
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Color	Black and White
Aspect Ratio	2.35 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix	Mono

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Final film of Kimie Hayashi. See more »

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