Hissatsu: Sure Death (必殺! THE HISSATSU) is a 1984 film based on the television jidaigeki Hissatsu Shigotonin series.[1] The film is an occasionally whimsical Japanese drama about assassins.[2][3][4][5]

Hissatsu: Sure Death
Directed byMasahisa Sadanaga
Written byTatsuo Nogami
Tsuyoshi Yoshida
Produced byShôchiku Eiga
StarringMakoto Fujita
Kunihiko Mitamura
Isuzu Yamada
Release date
  • January 1, 1984 (1984-01-01)
Running time
123 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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.

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Reception

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References

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  1. ^ "必殺". Agency for Cultural Affairs 映画情報システム. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  2. ^ 1984年邦画 キネマ旬報 1985年2月下旬号、キネマ旬報社、1985 p.120
  3. ^ ShukanToyo Keizai August 2, 1985 p.122
  4. ^ "必殺". wowow. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. ^ "必殺". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  6. ^ "必殺". wowow. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Japan Academy Film Prize Association". Retrieved 12 December 2021.
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