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Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

Assassination, right or wrong?

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

142 mins

Rating

7/10

Release Date

16 October 1969

Country

Japan

Cast

Chiezō Kataoka

Chiezō 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

Bin Amatsu

Bin Amatsu

Masaya Takahashi

Masaya Takahashi

Shinkichi Onuma

Kōtarō Satomi

Kōtarō Satomi

Takaji Muranaka

Hideo Sunazuka

Hideo Sunazuka

Newspaper reporter

Haruo Tanaka

Haruo Tanaka

Sumio Takatsu

Sumio Takatsu

Eiji Furuuchi

Kunio Murai

Kunio Murai

Shin'ichirô Hayashi

Shin'ichirô Hayashi

Yūji Nanto

Yūji Nanto

Juro Kara

Juro Kara

Shimada Ichiro

Minoru Hodaka

Minoru Hodaka

Kiyoto Harada

Kiyoto Harada

Michimaro Otabe

Michimaro Otabe

Ryuji Kita

Ryuji Kita

Jushiro Kobayashi

Jushiro Kobayashi

Kinji Nakamura

Kinji Nakamura

Akira Shioji

Akira Shioji

Tatsumi Hijikata

Tatsumi Hijikata

Jailer

Takashi Kanda

Takashi Kanda

Masaomi Kondo

Masaomi Kondo

Haruo Oba

Shōtarō Hayashi

Shōtarō Hayashi

Toshio Chiba

Toshio Chiba

Hoshi Toru

Masao Hori

Masao Hori

Okubo Toshimichi

Yasuhiko Shima

Yasuhiko Shima

Zenjiro Yasuda

Keiji Furuyama

Keiji Furuyama

Hiroshi Aoyama

Hiroshi Aoyama

Nagamitsu Kawasaki

Sen Okamichi

Sen Okamichi

Masaharu Arikawa

Masaharu Arikawa

Takeo Kamura

Takeo Kamura

Yūji Ichikawa

Yūji Ichikawa

Tamiko's father

Kunijirō Yanagi

Kunijirō Yanagi

Kisho Nomura

Kisho Nomura

Haruo Miyatani

Haruo Miyatani

Minken Karasawa

Minken Karasawa

Naotsugu Uzaki

Naotsugu Uzaki

Daiji Kurosawa

Takashi Noguchi

Takashi Noguchi

Isao Takanami

Isao Takanami

Hiroshi Kagawa

Hiroshi Kagawa

Yoshinobu Hirose

Yoshinobu Hirose

Hiroko Sakuramachi

Hiroko Sakuramachi

Kiyoko Ochiai

Yukie Kagawa

Yukie Kagawa

Tamiko

Masumi Tachibana

Masumi Tachibana

Aiko Mimasu

Aiko Mimasu

Tatsu Onuma

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Arimura Jizaemon

Ken Takakura

Ken Takakura

Saburo Aizawa

Koji Tsuruta

Koji Tsuruta

Asaichi Isobe

Takuzō Kawatani

Takuzō Kawatani

Soldier

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