Hissatsu Shiokinin Explained
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]
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
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: https://www.jidaigeki.com/forum/peri/hagyo/20050929_1671.html . 必殺仕置人. Jidaigeki.Com . 10 August 2017.
- Web site: https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%BF%85%E6%AE%BA%E4%BB%95%E7%BD%AE%E4%BA%BA-690002. kotobank . 必殺仕置人とは . 10 August 2020.
- Web site: 必殺仕置人 . TV DRAMA. March 2, 2019 .
- Web site: 必殺仕置人. tvk. January 15, 2021.
- Web site: 映画監督 三隅研次 . National Film Archive of Japan. November 22, 2020.
