What is Memoir of Japanese Assassinations?
{{Infobox film | name = Memoir of Japanese Assassinations | image = | image_size = | caption = | director = [[:en:Sadao_Nakajima|Sadao Nakajima]] | producer = [[Hiroshi Okawa]] | writer = [[:en:Kazuo_Kasahara|Kazuo Kasahara]]<br>Sadao Nakajima<br>Tadashi Suzuki (story) | based_on = ''Secret Assassination'' (暗殺秘録) by [[Tadashi Suzuki]] | starring = [[:en:Sonny_Chiba|Sonny Chiba]]<br>[[Jiro Tamiya]]<br>[[:en:Sumiko_Fuji|Sumiko Fuji]]<br>[[:en:Tomisaburō_Wakayama|Tomisaburō Wakayama]]<br>[[:en:Ken_Takakura|Ken Takakura]]<br>[[:en:Kōji_Tsuruta|Kōji Tsuruta]]<br>[[:en:Chiezō_Kataoka|Chiezō Kataoka]] | narrator = [[Hiroshi Akutagawa]] | music = [[:en:Isao_Tomita|Isao Tomita]] | cinematography = [[Sadaji Yoshida]] | editing = | distributor = [[:en:Toei Company|Toei]] | released = {{Film date|1969|10|16}} | runtime = 142 minutes | country = Japan | language = Japanese | budget = | gross = }} '''''Memoir of Japanese Assassinations''''' (日本暗殺秘録, ''Nihon ansatsu hiroku'') is a 1969 Japanese historical drama film written and directed by [[:en:Sadao Nakajima|Sadao Nakajima]]. The movie was based on a 1958 novel ''Secret Assassination'' by historian [[Tadashi Suzuki]]. This [[anthology]] film consists of nine incidents in the late [[:en:19th century|19th]] and early [[:en:20th century|20th centuries]] when [[assassination|assassins]] changed the course of [[:en:History of Japan|Japanese history]]. Much like the more well-known movie [[:en:Tora! Tora! Tora!|Tora! Tora! Tora!]], which would premiere a year later in 1970, ''Memoirs of Japanese Assassins'' in a docudrama, which some might find boring, but have a certain love for these types of historical films. Unlike Tora Tora Tora, this movie has no overall plot or protagonist and is just a series of scenes. Despite being a country with low crime, political assassination has a long history in [[:en:Japan|Japan]]. Although not nearly as common