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Hissatsu Shigotonin
Also known as必殺仕事人
GenreJidaigeki
Directed byEiichi Kudo
Tokuzō Tanaka
StarringMakoto Fujita
Kunihiko Mitamura
Goro Ibuki
Izumi Ayukawa
Isuzu Yamada
Kin Sugai
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes84
Production
ProducersHisashi Yamauchi
Rikyū Nakagawa
Running time45 minutes (per episode)
Production companiesAsahi Broadcasting Corporation
Shochiku
Original release
NetworkAsahi Broadcasting Corporation
Release1979 (1979) –
1981 (1981)

Hissatsu Shigotonin (必殺仕事人) is a Japanese television jidaigeki or period drama that was broadcast in 1979 to 1981.[1][2] It is the 15th in the Hissatsu series. The drama was set to end after episode 26 with Nakamura Mondo's death, but won great popularity so the broadcast period was extended.[3][4][5]

Plot

Nakamura Mondo was relegated to a post in Hachioji from the Minamimachi Bugyōsho and he has retired from professional assassin. But one day he was ordered to return to the Minamimachi Bugyōsho. Shikazō worked behind the scenes to get Mondo back to the Minamimachi Bugyōsho. Shikazō asks Nakamura Mondo to kill a man, once Mondo refuses but he is blinded by big money and eventually take the offer. Mondo restarts killing villains again with Kazarishokunin no Hide and Nawate Samon.[3]

Cast

References

  1. ^ "必殺シリーズ". TV Asahi. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
  2. ^ "必殺仕事人". kotobank. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "必殺仕事人". Dramadata. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  4. ^ "必殺仕事人". ホームドラマチャンネル. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  5. ^ "必殺仕事人". amazon. Retrieved March 15, 2019.