Hissatsu: Sure Death

Hissatsu: Sure Death (必殺! THE HISSATSU) is a 1984 film based on the television jidaigeki Hissatsu Shigotonin series. The film is an occasionally whimsical Japanese drama about assassins.

Plot

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Nakamura Mondo is an officer of the Minamimachi Bugyosho, but is also the head of the assassin group. Unidentified corpses are discovered one after another in the town of Edo. Mondo is ordered by his boss Tanaka to investigate a serial murder.

Cast

 * Makoto Fujita as Nakamura Mondo
 * Kunihiko Mitamura as Hide
 * Izumi Ayukawa as Kayo
 * Kiyoshi Nakajō as Yuji
 * Isuzu Yamada as Oriku
 * Kin Sugai as Nakamura Sen
 * Mari Shiraki as Nakamura Ritsu
 * Toshio Yamauchi as Tanaka
 * Gannosuke Ashiya as Masa
 * Keiko Hayshi as Otami
 * Shōhei Hino as Senta
 * Kie Nakai as Oyō
 * Yukiji Asaoka as Okō
 * Naoko Ken as Oyone
 * Fujio Akatsuka as Kasumi no Hankichi
 * Takao Kataoka as Asanosuke

Reception

 * Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role : Kin Sugai