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The Assassination of Ryoma

The Assassination of Ryoma

19744.71h 58m

Overview

Story of the last three days in the life of Sakamoto Ryoma (1836-1867), the imperial loyalist who tried to unite the Choshu and Satsuma clans and prepared the way for the Meiji Restoration (1868).

Directed by Kazuo Kuroki
Written by Kunio Shimizu, Yasushi Tanabe
Produced by Kinshirō Kuzui, Seitarō Kuroda, Takashi Miyagawa
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Top Cast

Yoshio Harada

Yoshio Harada

Ryoma Sakamoto

Renji Ishibashi

Renji Ishibashi

Shintarô Nakaoka

R

Rie Nakagawa

Chô

Kaori Momoi

Kaori Momoi

Tae

Keisuke Noro

Keisuke Noro

Tôkichi

Ryo Tamura

Ryo Tamura

Toshimichi Ôkubo

Yūsaku Matsuda

Yūsaku Matsuda

Yûta

Gō Awazu

Gō Awazu

Saburô Tomita

Maki Kawamura

Maki Kawamura

Wife of a court noble

Fudeko Tanaka

Fudeko Tanaka

Old woman

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Themes & Keywords

black and whitejidaigekiedo periodmonochromebakumatsuishin shishi

About The Assassination of Ryoma

The Assassination of Ryoma is a drama, comedy film released in 1974 exploring themes of black and white, jidaigeki, edo period, monochrome, bakumatsu, ishin shishi. Directed by Kazuo Kuroki, it stars Yoshio Harada, Renji Ishibashi, Rie Nakagawa. Story of the last three days in the life of Sakamoto Ryoma (1836-1867), the imperial loyalist who tried to unite the Choshu and Satsuma clans and prepared the way for the Meiji Restoration (1868).

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