Assassination (1964)
- Original title
- 暗殺
- Directed by
- Masahiro Shinoda
- Genre
- drama film, samurai cinema, Jidaigeki, historical film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 40 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
In 1860s Japan, a man known only by his alias is hired to assassinate a political reformer. He is conflicted by shifting loyalties and the chaos of a changing era.
tensestylishbroodingcerebralvisceralatmosphericambiguousintrospective
What happens
Assassination (暗殺, Ansatsu), also known as The Assassin, is a 1964 film directed by Masahiro Shinoda. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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