Assassination (1964)

Japan
Feature Film
Original Title: 暗殺
Director: Shinoda Masahiro
Writers: Yamada Nobuo, Shiba Ryotaro
Cinematographer: Kosugi Masao
Composer: Takemitsu Tōru
Cast: Tanba Tetsurō, Okada Eiji, Ozawa Eitarō, Kimura Isao, Takewaki Muga, Iwashita Shima, Sada Keiji

Friends and foes alike tell tales of the revered and feared samurai Kiyokawa Hachiro, attempting to make sense of his decision to switch sides from the Emperor worshipping, foreigner hating imperialists to the more liberal Shogunate, in Shinoda’s stylishly compelling, labyrinthinely plotted, and violently distinctive film. Iain.Stott