The Assassination of Ryoma

Name: The Assassination of Ryoma
Director: Kazuo Kuroki
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Comedy, Biography
Released: 1974-08-03
Duration: 7080000 s
Cast: Yoshio Harada, Renji Ishibashi, Rie Nakagawa

Directed by Kazuo Kuroki

1974 1h 58mAction, Drama,

6.8

Story of the last three days in the life of Sakamoto Ryoma (1836-1867), imperial loyalist who tried to unite the Choshu and Satsuma clans and prepared the way for the Meiji Restoration (1868). A samurai film in an ironic almost burlesque style, but not without affection for its hero.