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.[1][2][3][4]

Hissatsu: Sure Death
Directed by	Masahisa Sadanaga
Produced by	Shôchiku Eiga
Written by	Tatsuo Nogami Tsuyoshi Yoshida
Starring	Makoto Fujita Kunihiko Mitamura Isuzu Yamada
Release date	January 1, 1984
Running time	123 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Plot

A group of common merchants in Edo (now Tokyo) in the mid-1800s is really a band of assassins available for hire. Each assassin has his or her own unique killing style. But one assassin is killing other assassins, and the survivors must find out who is doing it before they are all killed.[5]

The rogue killer is referred to as "Copper" in the film, a reference to the assassin's gruesome calling card, which is a copper coin left in the mouth of each victim. The ultimate realization that "Copper" commands an army of assassins simply means that the climax involves an orgy of assassinations.

Cast

• Makoto Fujita as Mondo Nakamura
• Kunihiko Mitamura as Hide
• Izumi Ayukawa as Kayo
• Kiyoshi Nakajo as Yuji
• Isuzu Yamada as Oriku
• Kin Sugai as Sen Nakamura
• Mari Shiraki as Ritsu Nakamura
• Gannosuke Ashiya as Masa
• Megumi Sakita as Otami (as Keiko Hayase)
• Shōhei Hino
• Takao Kataoka

References

1. 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
2. ShukanToyo Keizai August 2 1985 p.122
3. "必殺". wowow. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
4. "必殺". Agency for Cultural Affairs 映画情報システム. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
5. "必殺". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.

External links

• Hissatsu!: Sure Death! at IMDb