Assassination begins with the events of 1853 when "four black ships" anchored at Edo Bay, sparking civil unrest and the major political manoeuvring that saw the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate. At a time when assassination had become a disturbing political tool, Shinoda's film follows Hachiro Kiyokawa, an ambitious, masterless samurai whose allegiances drift dangerously between the Shogunate and the Emperor.
Hachiro Kiyokawa

Lord Matsudaira

Premier Itakura

Tadasaburo Sasaki

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Otojirô Kôno
Shingo Miyagawa

Shôzô Ishizaka

Kyûô Udono

Tetsutaro Yamaoka

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Hisamizu Shimazu
Jûjirô Ishii

Detective Yoshikichi

Sankichi
Keijirô Aizawa
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Kamo Serizawa

Shûji Sakuma

Shôhei Imuta

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