Kyō Kara Hitman

Kyō Kara Hitman (今日からヒットマン) is a 2009 Japanese film adaptation of the eponymous manga by. It was directed by and stars Shinji Takeda, who also composed, arranged, and performed the film's theme song, "The Hitman".

Plot
An ordinary salaryman gets mixed up in the death of a legendary hitman, and has to lead a double life as the hitman's successor.

Cast

 * Shinji Takeda as Tokichi Inaba
 * Mari Hoshino as Misako Inaba
 * Yuri Morishita as Chinatsu
 * Masaya Kikawada as Dual
 * Kanji Tsuda as Round Glasses
 * Kaoru Abe as Nekota
 * Kaname Endō as Tanaka
 * Motoki Fukami as Takao
 * Hidekazu Ichinose as Suzuki
 * Meguru Katō
 * Daijiro Kawaoka as Mushroom Head
 * Takayasu Komiya as Shuichi Endo
 * Ken Maeda as Kamio
 * Kōichirō Nomoto
 * Jirō Satō
 * Mitsuyoshi Shinoda as Nonezumi
 * Hiroshi Yamamoto as Gaku Yamamoto
 * Tomohisa Yuge as Yaginuma

Other adaptations
In 2014, Hitman was made into a web drama on BeeTV's d-Video, with Jun Kaname in the title role.

In 2023, a new version was said to be airing as part of TV Asahi's "Friday Night Drama" series, starting in October, with Arashi's Masaki Aiba taking the role of Inaba.