is a Japanese television ''

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that was broadcast in 1975–1976. It is the 6th in the ''Hissatsu'' series.

Kenji Misumi (2 March 1921 – 24 September 1975) was a Japanese film director. He created film series such as ''Lone Wolf and Cub'' and the initial film in the long-running ''Zatoichi'' series, and also directed ''Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice'', starri ...

was hospitalized while directing episode 13 where he later died.

Plot

Nakamura Mondo retired from professional killer's job but a woman(Okō) suddenly visits Mondo and urges him to withdraw his retirement. He refuses once but he finally decides to come back from his retirement. Mondo coincidentally witnessed murder during his patrol. The man who committed murder was a lonely assassin, Ichimatsu. Ichimatsu is a bamboo craftsman but he is also a professional killer. Ichimatsu thought of killing Mondo because he was witnessed his murder by Mondo. One day Nakamura Mondo suddenly visits Ichimatsu to ask him to kill a man. In the final episode of Kurayami Shitomenin Itoi Mitsugu was killed so Mondo has been looking for someone. Ichimatsu and Mondo never trust each other but in the end they start killing villains together. Former monk Ingen also joins them and starts his career as a professional assassin.

Cast

Shiokiya group

* Masaya Oki : Ichimatsu (He was raised by Tobitatsu who killed Ichimatsu's father.) *

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 ...

: Nakamura Mondo *Katsutoshi Arata : Ingen * Atsushi Watanabe : Sutezō *

Tamao Nakamura (born July 12, 1939 in Kyoto, Japan) is a Japanese actress. Her father is kabuki is a classical form of Theatre of Japan, Japanese theatre, mixing dramatic performance with Japanese traditional dance, traditional dance. Kabuki theatre is k ...

: Okō (She runs a barber in Shintomicho.)

Mondo′s family

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 ...

: Ritsu Nakamura *

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. S ...

: Sen Nakamura

People of Minami Machi Bugyosho

*Katsumi Munakata : Murano (Mondo's　superior) * Masao Komatsu : Kamekichi (Mondo's subordinate)

Directors

Koreyoshi Kurahara (31 May 1927 – 28 December 2002) was a Japanese screenwriter and director. He is perhaps best known for directing ''Nankyoku Monogatari, Antarctica'' (1983), which won several awards and was entered into the 34th Berlin International Film ...

Episode1,6,7,12,15,18,28 *

Episode13 *

Eiichi Kudo was a Japanese film director. Kudo directed 30 films between 1956 and 1998, the most notable being '' 13 Assassins'' (1963) and '' The Great Killing'' (1964). He joined the Toei film company in 1952 and made his film director debut with ''Fuka ...

Episode19 *

Tokuzō Tanaka was a Japanese film director. He is well known for directing the ''Zatoichi'' and ''Nemuri Kyōshirō'' film series. Biography Tanaka graduated from Kwansei Gakuin University. In 1948, he joined the Daiei Film, Daiei studio and started workin ...

Episode24

Episode list

References

1975 Japanese television series debuts 1970s drama television series Jidaigeki television series Asahi Broadcasting Corporation original programming {{Japan-tv-prog-stub