Synopsis

February 44 BC, Julius Caesar has just reentered Rome in triumph after a victory. Envious of Caesar's power and prestige, Cassius convince Caesar's friend Brutus to join their assassination plot against Caesar. After the assassination, Brutus calms the chaotic crowd with his explanation the conspirators’ reasons and their fears for Caesar’s ambition. However, Antony’s speech stirs them to riot and the conspirators are forced to flee from the city….
JULIUS CAESAR is an adaptation of one of the Shakespeare’s classic, directed by the late Japanese theatre guru Yukio Ninagawa, starring Hiroshi Abe, Kotaro Yoshida, Tatsuya Fujiwara and Eiji Yokota.