The story of Assassination begins with the events of 1853 when "four black ships" - the foreign steamboats of Commander Matthew Perry - anchored at Edo Bay, sparking civil unrest and the major political maneuvering that saw the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate. The film follows Tetsuro Tamba, an ambitious, masterless samurai whose .. Read more
| Starring | Tetsuro Tamba, Eiji Okada, Eitaro Ozawa |
|---|---|
| Director | Masahiro Shinoda |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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The story of Assassination begins with the events of 1853 when "four black ships" - the foreign steamboats of Commander Matthew Perry - anchored at Edo Bay, sparking civil unrest and the major political maneuvering that saw the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate. The film follows Tetsuro Tamba, an ambitious, masterless samurai whose allegiances drift dangerously between the Shogunate and the Emperor.
| Starring | Tetsuro Tamba, Eiji Okada, Eitaro Ozawa |
|---|---|
| Director | Masahiro Shinoda |
| Studio | EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT |
| Original title | Ansatsu |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 44 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Japanese |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1964 To Rent: DVD: 23 Jan 2006 |
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Samurai action with a brain
I hope that true film fans seek out the great Samurai movies from Japan made in the 1940s and 1950s as these are the true films that are not purely stylistic ... read more »
[Highly rated reviewer]
Eureka!! A true masterpiece...
Thanks to Eureka Video and their Masters of Cinema Series, fans of Japanese cinema are being given the opportunity to view some of the very best of Japan's ... read more »
A good film, but infinitely complicated
In the useful Alex Cox introduction to this film, he says that anyone without a good knowledge of mid-nineteenth century Japanese politics is unlikely to be ... read more »
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