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Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

Assassination, right or wrong?

19697.02h 22m

Overview

This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assassins changed the course of Japanese history.

Directed by Sadao Nakajima
Written by Kazuo Kasahara, Tadashi Suzuki, Sadao Nakajima
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Top Cast

Chiezo Kataoka

Chiezo Kataoka

Nissho Inoue

Sonny Chiba

Sonny Chiba

Sho Onuma

Jirō Tamiya

Jirō Tamiya

Hitoshi Fujii

Sumiko Fuji

Sumiko Fuji

Takako

Bunta Sugawara

Bunta Sugawara

Heigo Asahi

Teruo Yoshida

Teruo Yoshida

Kurushima Tsuneki

Kyōsuke Machida

Kyōsuke Machida

Hiroshi Akutagawa

Hiroshi Akutagawa

Narrator (voice)

Asao Koike

Asao Koike

Hatsutaro Ochiai

Chōei Takahashi

Chōei Takahashi

Daijiro Furuta

Themes & Keywords

assassinationjapanese history

About Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations is a drama, history film released in 1969 exploring themes of assassination, japanese history. Directed by Sadao Nakajima, it stars Chiezo Kataoka, Sonny Chiba, Jirō Tamiya. This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assassins changed the course of Japanese history.

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