Assassination begins with the events of 1853 when "four black ships" anchored at Edo Bay, sparking civil unrest and the major political manoeuvring that saw the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate. At a time when assassination had become a disturbing political tool, Shinoda's film follows Hachiro Kiyokawa, an ambitious, masterless samurai whose allegiances drift dangerously between the Shogunate and the Emperor.
Tetsuro Tamba
Eiji Okada
Eitarō Ozawa
Isao Kimura
Shima Iwashita
Keiji Sada
Takeshi Kusaka
Sumio Takatsu
Muga Takewaki
Tamotsu Hayakawa
Fujio Suga
Takanobu Hozumi
Hideo Kidokoro
Tetsuji Takechi
Gen Shimizu
Yoshito Yamaji
Hiroshi Aoyama
Shin'ya Mizushima
Kyoko Aoi
Junkichi Orimoto
Minoru Hodaka
Yukio Ninagawa
Hiroshi Mizushima
Akira Hanagami
Jun Ooi
Satarō Taki
Omenosuke Ichikawa
Kenzō Tanaka
Ryokutarō Hanai
Fujio Sasagawa
Kenji Hayashi
Kimie Hayashi
Junko Hara
Itoko Wakaura
Kazuko Futaba
Fusako Suzuki