is a 1996 film based on the television
Hissatsu series
The is a long-running prime-time popular television Jidaigeki series about assassins in Japan. ''Hissatsu Shikakenin'' is based on Shōtarō Ikenami's novel ''Shiokinin Fujieda Baian'', but its sequels are only inspired by it. The series still co ...
. The film depicts popular character Nakamura Mondo's death. Mondo is involved in Tokugawa shogunate's conflict.
Cast
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Makoto Fujita
, born Makoto Harada (April 13, 1933 – February 17, 2010), was a Japanese actor. He was born in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, the son of silent-film actor Rintarō Fujima, and started his career as a comedian in 1952.
Acting Roles
Fujita appeared in bo ...
as Mondo Nakamura
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Kunihiko Mitamura
is a Japanese actor/singer. He is well known for his role in Taiyō ni Hoero! and Hide in the Hissatsu series.
Selected filmography Film
*''Almost Transparent Blue'' (1979) as Ryu
*'' Hissatsu: Sure Death'' (1984) as Hide
*''W's Tragedy'' (198 ...
as Hide
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Kiyoshi Nakajō
Kiyoshi, (きよし or キヨシ), is a Japanese given name, also spelled Kyoshi.
Possible meanings
*''Kyōshi'', a form of Japanese poetry
*Kyōshi, a Japanese honorific
Possible writings
*清, "cleanse"
*淳, "pure"
*潔, "undefiled"
*清志, " ...
as Yuji
* Chizuru Azuma as Okei
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Kin Sugai
(28 February 1926 – 10 August 2018) was a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 9th Hochi Film Award for '' The Funeral''. Sugai is famous for her role as Sen Nakamura in the jidaigeki drama Hissatsu series.
Sh ...
as Sen Nakamura
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Mari Shiraki
is a Japanese actress. She joined the Nikkatsu studio and appeared in about 100 films at Nikkatsu. Shiraki is well known for her role of Ritsu Nakamura on the ''jidaigeki'' television series '' Hissatsu''.
Selected filmography
Film
* The Naked ...
as Ritsu Nakamura
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Masahiko Tsugawa
, born Masahiko Katō (加藤 雅彦 ''Katō Masahiko''; January 2, 1940 – August 4, 2018) was a Japanese actor and director.
Career
Tsugawa was born January 2, 1940, in Kyoto, Japan. After acting as a child, he made his major debut at the age o ...
as Seikichi
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Yuko Natori Yuko may refer to:
* Yuko (judo) (''yūkō''), a score in judo competition
* Yuko (Ukrainian band), a Ukrainian band
* Yūko, a Japanese female given name (including a list of persons with the name)
* Yuko, a Belgian band
* Yuko people, an Amerind ...
as Oyume
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Akira Takarada
was a Japanese film actor best known for his roles in the ''Godzilla'' film series.
Life and career
Akira Takarada was born in Korea under Japanese rule, and lived for a time in Manchuria, China. His father worked as an engineer on the Sou ...
as Mizuno Tadakuni
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Seijun Suzuki
, born (24 May 1923 – 13 February 2017), was a Japanese filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter. His films are known for their jarring visual style, irreverent humour, nihilistic cool and entertainment-over-logic sensibility. He made 40 predo ...
as Hokusai
References
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1996 films
1990s adventure films
1990s Japanese-language films
Jidaigeki films
1990s Japanese films
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