Assassination

Published on April 25, 2026

Harvard Film Archive
24 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Fri., Apr. 24, 2026, 9:15 – 11 p.m.

Close-up of a Japanese man hitting another through a rice paper window

“A man should live any way he wants,” comments samurai Kiyokawa (the charismatic Tanba Tetsuro); “what else is there?” Assassination resembles Pale Flower: both films map out a strange and fascinating transitional territory between traditional genre cinema and a more critical, free-wheeling mode. The storytelling of Assassination is baroque, using numerous flashbacks from various characters’ points of view.

Gazette Classification: Diversity and Inclusion, Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Cost: $10 - Regular Admission / $8 - Non-Harvard Students, Harvard staff and Senior Citizens. Harvard students free.
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