The Assassination of Ryoma (1974)
Original title: 竜馬暗殺
The Assassination of Ryoma is a 1974 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Kazuo Kuroki, with a running time of 1h 58m. It stars Yoshio Harada, Renji Ishibashi and 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).
Cast
- Yoshio Harada as Ryoma Sakamoto
- Renji Ishibashi as Shintarô Nakaoka
- Rie Nakagawa as Chô
- Kaori Momoi as Tae
- Keisuke Noro as Tôkichi
- Ryo Tamura as Toshimichi Ôkubo
- Yūsaku Matsuda as Yûta
- Gō Awazu as Saburô Tomita
- Maki Kawamura as Wife of a court noble
- Fudeko Tanaka as Old woman
- Hatsuo Yamaya as Tomomi Iwakura
- Bunmei Tobayama