A nerdy young college instructor named Shinji Kikyo returns home one day to find himself the target of a mad assassin. Surviving somewhat miraculously, he fends off other assassins and, with the help of the reporter Keiko Tsurumaki and the car mechanic Bill Otomo, eventually discovers that a "population control" association is really an assassination squad led by Shogo Mizorogi, who has been training patients in a mental asylum to become killers. Along the way, it starts to appear that Shinji may not be the mild-mannered academic he seemed at first, but a well-trained secret agent.
The Age of Assassins was released in Japan on February 4, 1967.[1] The film was released in the United States by Toho International with an international title of Epoch of Murder Madness in 1967.[2]
Receptionedit
The critic Chris Desjardins has written that "Age of Assassins is another sharp-edged lampoon that works just as well as an action film, and compares favorably with such other brilliant, tongue-in-cheek mod sixties masterpieces as Elio Petri's The Tenth Victim and Seijun Suzuki's Branded to Kill."[3]
^Desjardins, Chris (27 May 2005). Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film. I.B.Tauris. p. 90. ISBN9781845110901. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
Sourcesedit
Galbraith IV, Stuart (1996). The Japanese Filmography: 1900 through 1994. McFarland. ISBN0-7864-0032-3.
Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN978-1461673743. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
assassins, 殺人狂時代, satsujinkyō, jidai, 1967, japanese, film, directed, kihachi, okamoto, theatrical, release, posterdirected, bykihachi, okamotostarringtatsuya, nakadaicinematographyrokuro, nishigakiedited, byyoshitami, kuroiwaproductioncompanytohodistributed, . The Age of Assassins 殺人狂時代 Satsujinkyō jidai is a 1967 Japanese film directed by Kihachi Okamoto The Age of AssassinsTheatrical release posterDirected byKihachi OkamotoStarringTatsuya NakadaiCinematographyRokuro NishigakiEdited byYoshitami KuroiwaProductioncompanyTohoDistributed byTohoRelease date4 February 1967 1967 02 04 Running time99 minutesCountryJapanLanguageJapanese Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Release 4 Reception 5 References 5 1 Footnotes 5 2 Sources 6 External linksPlot editA nerdy young college instructor named Shinji Kikyo returns home one day to find himself the target of a mad assassin Surviving somewhat miraculously he fends off other assassins and with the help of the reporter Keiko Tsurumaki and the car mechanic Bill Otomo eventually discovers that a population control association is really an assassination squad led by Shogo Mizorogi who has been training patients in a mental asylum to become killers Along the way it starts to appear that Shinji may not be the mild mannered academic he seemed at first but a well trained secret agent Cast editTatsuya Nakadai Shinji KikyoReiko Dan Keiko TsurumakiHideo Sunazuka Bill OtomoHideyo Amamoto Shogo MizorogiKeiichi Taki IkenoSeishiro Kuno Man with crutchTatsuyoshi Ehara Aochi as Tatsuya Ebara Yasuzō Ogawa MabuchiAtsuko Kawaguchi Yumie KomatsuWataru Ōmae Oba QShin Ibuki AtomHiroshi Hasegawa SolanMasaya Nihei PappyRelease editThe Age of Assassins was released in Japan on February 4 1967 1 The film was released in the United States by Toho International with an international title of Epoch of Murder Madness in 1967 2 Reception editThe critic Chris Desjardins has written that Age of Assassins is another sharp edged lampoon that works just as well as an action film and compares favorably with such other brilliant tongue in cheek mod sixties masterpieces as Elio Petri s The Tenth Victim and Seijun Suzuki s Branded to Kill 3 References editFootnotes edit Galbraith IV 2008 p 236 Galbraith IV 1996 p 95 Desjardins Chris 27 May 2005 Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film I B Tauris p 90 ISBN 9781845110901 Retrieved 6 November 2016 Sources edit Galbraith IV Stuart 1996 The Japanese Filmography 1900 through 1994 McFarland ISBN 0 7864 0032 3 Galbraith IV Stuart 2008 The Toho Studios Story A History and Complete Filmography Scarecrow Press ISBN 978 1461673743 Retrieved October 29 2013 External links editThe Age of Assassins at IMDb nbsp The Age of Assassins at Rotten Tomatoes nbsp This article related to a Japanese film of the 1960s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Age of Assassins amp oldid 1165074924, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
