Hissatsu: Sure Death

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 min
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

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

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.

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

Reception

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References

External links

Hissatsu!: Sure Death! on IMDb

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