fiction.wikisort.org - Movie

Hissatsu Shiokinin (必殺仕置人) is a Japanese television jidaigeki or period drama that was broadcast in 1973.[1] It is the 2nd in the Hissatsu series.[2] Hissatsu Shiokinin is one of the most popular jidaigeki dramas in Japan.[3]

Hissatsu Shiokinin
Also known as	必殺仕置人
Genre	Jidaigeki
Directed by	Eiichi Kudo Kenji Misumi Tokuzō Tanaka
Starring	Tsutomu Yamazaki Makoto Fujita Masaya Oki Kin Sugai Yumiko Nogawa
Theme music composer	Masaaki Hirao
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	26
Production
Producers	Hisashi Yamauchi Rikyū Nakagawa
Running time	45 minutes (per episode)
Production companies	Asahi, Shochiku
Release
Original network	TV　Asahi
Picture format	Film
Original release	April 1973 (1973-04) – October 1973 (1973-10)

Plot

A group of common merchants in Edo city(Tokyo) in the mid-1800s is really a band of assassins available for hire. Each assassin has his own unique killing style. People of Edo city called them Shiokinin.[4]

Cast

Shiokinin group

• Nenbutsu no Tetsu: (Tsutomu Yamazaki) is a former monk but now he is a chiropractor, but he is also a professional killer. He uses his extremely tough fingers to dislocate the ribs of his targets. In some episodes he uses his skills as a chiropractor to cripple targets.[4] Tetsu returns in Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin in 1977.
• Mondo Nakamura: (Makoto Fujita) is a dōshin (Policeman of Edo period) but he is also professional killer who takes charge of killing bad people with money. He hides his master level sword skills under a mask of incompetence and buffoonery.[4]
• Kanoke no Joe: (Masaya Oki) is a Coffin craftsman but he is also professional killer. Joe is a master of the Okinawan martial arts and his weapon of choice is a spear shaped chisel. Joe returns in special drama Hissatsu Shigotonin Daishugō (1982) and Hissatsu Shigotonin ahensensō ni iku (1983).
• Ohirome no Hanji : Masaaki Tsusaka
• Okin: Yumiko Nogawa
• Tenji no Koroku: Hideo Takamatsu

Mondo's Family

• Nakamura Ritsu : Mari Shiraki　(Mondo Nakamura's Wife)
• Nakamura Sen : Kin Sugai　(Mondo Nakamura's mother-in-law)

Directors

• Eiichi Kudo Episode7,12,16,25,26
• Kenji Misumi Episode4 [5]
• Koreyoshi Kurahara Episode15,19
• Tokuzō Tanaka Episode20

See also

• Hissatsu Shikakenin (First in the Hissatsu series)
• Tasukenin Hashiru (3rd in the Hissatsu series)
• Hissatsu Shiokiya Kagyō(6th in the Hissatsu series)
• Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin (10st in the Hissatsu series)

References

---