Assassination

Yojimbo meets All the King's Men. A wandering samurai is pulled into a political plot as Japan struggles with Western encroachment. Shinoda's black and white widescreen images elevate a familiar story.

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Masahiro Shinoda directed Assassination in 1964. See Masahiro Shinoda's full filmography, where to start with Masahiro Shinoda, or where to go after you've seen everything by Masahiro Shinoda.

Assassination was released in 1964 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 104 minutes.