Ansatsu (Masahiro Shinoda, 1964) DVDRip VOSE

elguaxo · Mensaje por **elguaxo** » Mar 28 Abr, 2009 06:55

Sinopsis: Ansatsu o The Assessination fue una de las primeras películas de Masashiro Shinoda. Hachiro Kiyokawa es un hombre que ama a su país, maneja la espada de manera excepcional, y forma parte del movimiento de culto al emperador. Un día asesina a un inspector, situación que le lleva a tener que pactar con el Shogunato para mantener su libertad.

Su misión consiste en liderar un grupo de ronin en su viaje a Kyoto, y reestablecer la paz en el lugar. Sin embargo sus intenciones son muy diferentes y nunca estará dispuesto a abandonar sus verdaderos ideales.

Synopsis: The story of Assassination begins with the events of 1853 when "four black ships" - the foreign steamboats of Commander Matthew Perry - anchored at Edo Bay, sparking civil unrest and the major political maneuvering 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 (Tetsuro Tamba), an ambitious, masterless samurai whose allegiances drift dangerously between the Shogunate and the Emperor. Filmed in richly stylish black and white `Scope by cinematographer Masao Kosugi, Shinoda's film explores the character of Kiyokawa as he singlehandedly attempts, against a backdrop of betrayal and abrupt violence, to prevent the outbreak of civil war.

Reviews: Eye for Film | Midnight Eye | IMDb (external reviews)

The most interesting aspect of Shinoda's retelling is that it was made in the period following the signing of the Ampo treaty, when the political climate was decidedly unresolved with regards to the exact nature of the Japanese constitution and the direction in which the nation was heading. The situation of this power struggle between the established order, the insurrectionary forces, and the foreign powers during the 1960s was thus analogous to the events from 100 years before depicted in the film. What Assassin manifests is the distinct feeling of uncertainty felt by Shinoda's generation who grew up in the immediate post-war period. Rather than flawless archetypes of good guys and bad guys, its historical characters are portrayed in muddy shades of grey with all their human foibles, and the narrative is fragmented through the use of flashback and third-person accounts of the written incidents that lead to its denouement. The film is thus better interpreted as a character study than revisionist history. -- Jasper Sharp

IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0164347/
IMDb Rating: 7.5/10 (166 votes)

Directed by: Masahiro Shinoda

Cast:
Tetsuro Tamba .... Hachiro Kiyokawa
Eiji Okada .... Lord Matsudaira
Eitarô Ozawa .... Premier Itakura
Isao Kimura .... Tadasaburo Sasaki
Muga Takewaki .... Shingo Miyagawa
Shima Iwashita .... Oren, Kiyokawa's sweetheart

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               Title: Ansatsu (1964)
                      AKA Assassination
              Source: DVD / R2, NTSC / MOC
                Size: 1.172.541.527 (1/4 DVDR)
             Runtime: 01:44:23
              Format: MKV

         Video Codec: H264 (x264 rev.1145)
       Video Bitrate: 1304 kbps
          Resolution: 712x360 (Anamorphic, displayed at 2.35 AR)
        Aspect Ratio: 2.35 (SAR: 32/27)
          Frame rate: 23.976 fps

         Audio Codec: AC3 (mono)
       Audio Bitrate: 192 kbps
       Sampling Rate: 48 KHz

            Language: Japanese
Subtitles (muxed in): SRT: English

                  SA: HP @ Level 4.1

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