Samurai Assassin
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| Directed by | Kihachi Okamoto |
| Screenplay by | Shinobu Hashimoto |
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| Cinematography | Hiroshi MuraiLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. |
| Edited by | Yoshitami KuroiwaLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. |
| Music by | Masaru SatoLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. |
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| Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time | 121 minutesLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. |
| Template:Pluralize from text | Japan |
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Script error: No such module "Nihongo". is a 1965 Japanese film directed by Kihachi Okamoto and starring Toshiro Mifune, Koshiro Matsumoto, Yūnosuke Itō, and Michiyo Aratama.[1] It is set in 1860, immediately before the Meiji Restoration changed Japanese society forever by doing away with the castes in society and reducing the position of the samurai class.[2]
Plot summary
The film tells the story of Niiro Tsurichiyo (Mifune) as the illegitimate son of a powerful nobleman, and the way of his life that made him a swordfighter but also a social outcast. He joins forces with the multiple clans against the Lord of Hikone, Sir Ii Kamonnokami Naosuke. Ii is the right hand of the shogunate and brought upon himself the wrath of the Satsuma, Mito, and Choshuu provinces after making an unpopular choice for the appointment of the 14th shogunate. Many critics arose after the controversial appointment, and Ii initiated the Ansei Purge to quiet critics of his choices. This, in turn, led to an assassination plot hatched by the three provinces in order to remove Ii from his position of power. The shoguns also weeded out Ii's spies from the plot. The film is based on a novel, which in turn was inspired by the historical Sakuradamon incident, in which the feudal lord Ii Naosuke was assassinated outside the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle in March 1860.
Cast
- Toshiro Mifune - Tsuruchiyo Niiro
- Keiju Kobayashi - Einosuke Kurihara
- Michiyo Aratama - Okiku / Kikuhime
- Yūnosuke Itō - Kenmotsu Hoshino
- Eijirō Tōno - Masagoro Kisoya
- Tatsuyoshi Ehara - Ichigoro Hayama
- Tadao Nakamaru - Shigezo Inada
- Kaoru Yachigusa - Mitsu
- Haruko Sugimura - Tsuru
- Nami Tamura - Yae
- Shiro Otsuji - Kaname Kojima
- Toshio Kurosawa - Itamura Katsunoshin
- Yoshio Inaba - Keijiro Sumita
- Akihiko Hirata - Sohei Masui
- Hideyo Amamoto - Matazaburo Hagiwara
- Takashi Shimura - Narihisa Ichijō
- Matsumoto Kōshirō VIII - Ii Naosuke
Production
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Release
Samurai Assassin was released in Japan on January 3, 1965.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. The film was released in the United States on March 18, 1965 where it was distributed by Toho International.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. The film's title was apparently changed from Samurai to Samurai Assassin in the United States to avoid confusion with Hiroshi Inagaki's film Samurai (Miyamoto Musashi) from 1954.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
Reception
In a contemporary review, "Robe." of Variety declared that samurai film was not "superb" but "very good", noting that Toshiro Mifune and "the entire cast, particularly the men, give excellent portrayals" and that Hiroshi Murai's "crisp black and white photography is more effective in the outdoor, dead-of-winter panoramas and fight scenes"[3]
See also
Footnotes
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."侍". Agency for Cultural Affairs 映画情報システム. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."侍". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Variety's Film Reviews 1964-1967. Vol. 11. R. R. Bowker. 1983. There are no page numbers in this book. This entry is found under the header "March 17, 1965". ISBN 0-8352-2790-1.
References
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- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1461673743.
External links
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