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.
芦屋雁之助が、ケチで純情で慌て者の愛すべきお巡りさんに扮して大活躍、得意の七変化で宝石泥棒を退治したり、美しい少女に恋心を抱いたり、愛すべきお巡りさんの明朗珍騒動が繰り広げられる。喜劇に定評のある酒井欣也監督がメガホンを取った。
Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Two meet again in Hokkaido only to be separated again.
Office worker
Okoma, a witty young woman working as a conductor in an old, rickety bus in Kōfu, Yamanashi (rural Japan), has a creative idea that could avert the dwindling number of passengers when her job and the bus company itself are at stake.
Tsuyako
When Kaoru's sister-in-law Miyoko arrives at the family home, tender feelings start to grow between the two. However, the initial happiness that Kaoru finds in the company of her beautiful sister-in-law is frustrated by her brother Mitsuo, Miyoko's husband, who intervenes in their budding passion. Full of unspoken words, deeply suggestive mise-en-scène, and forbidden glances, Fukujuso is a compelling melodrama that surprises us with its potent homoeroticism, especially considering its year of production.
