Hissatsu Shikakenin
Also known as必殺仕掛人
GenreJidaigeki
Directed byKinji Fukasaku
Kenji Misumi
StarringKen Ogata
Yoichi Hayashi
So Yamamura
Tamao Nakamura
Yumiko Nogawa
Theme music composerMasaaki Hirao
Ending theme"Koya no Hateni" was sung by Yuzo Yamashita
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes33
Production
ProducersHisashi Yamauchi
Rikyū Nakagawa
Running time45 minutes (per episode)
Production companiesAsahi, Shochiku
Original release
NetworkTV Asahi
ReleaseSeptember 1972 (1972-09) 
April 1973 (1973-04)

Hissatsu Shikakenin (必殺仕掛人) is a Japanese television jidaigeki or period drama that was broadcast in 1972–1973. It was the first in the Hissatsu series and is based on Shōtarō Ikenami's novel Shiokinin Fujieda Baian.[1][2][3][4] Ken Ogata played Fujieda Baian.[5]

Episode 1,2 and 24 were directed by Kinji Fukasaku.

Plot

Otowaya's official job is an employment agency but also he takes charge of killing villains with money. Otowaya's targets are always villains who escape justice despite their crimes. Fujieda Baian is a doctor but also a professional killer who works for Boss Otowaya in the Edo Underworld.[6]

Nishimura Sanai is a ronin. One day Otowaya Hanemon hires him as a professional killer and he starts working for Otowaya as well as Baian. Baian and Sanai help each other to kill villains.[7]

Cast

Directors

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See also

References

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  8. "映画監督 三隅研次". National Film Archive of Japan. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
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