A Certain Killer (Japanese: ある殺し屋, Hepburn: Aru Koroshiya) is a 1967 Japanese crime suspense film directed by Kazuo Mori.[3][4][5] Screenplay by Yasuzo Masumura and Yoshihiro Ishimatsu.[6][7] It stars Raizō Ichikawa.[8] The film was adapted from the novel Zenya written by Keishi Nagi.[9] Sequel of the film Aru Koroshiya no Kage was released in the same year.[3]
A Certain Killer[1][2] | |
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Directed by | Kazuo Mori |
Screenplay by | Yasuzo Masumura Yoshihiro Ishimatsu |
Based on | Zenya by Shinji Fujiwara |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Kazuo Miyagawa |
Edited by | Toshio Taniguchi |
Music by | Hajime Kaburagi |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Plot
editShoizawa is working as a chef at a small restaurant but it is a cover for who he really is. He is an assassin who takes charge of killing people with money. One day, he is asked to murder Owada, the boss of the yakuza clan, for 20 million yen.
Cast
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- Raizō Ichikawa as Shiozawa
- Yumiko Nogawa as Keiko
- Mikio Narita as Maeda
- Mayumi Nagisa as Shigeko
- Asao Koike as Kimura
- Saburo Date as Joe
- Sachiko Kobayashi as Midori
- Chikara Hashimoto as Guard
- Tatsuo Matsushita as Owada
References
edit- ^ "ある殺し屋" (in Japanese). UNI Japan. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ a b "A Certain Killer" (in Japanese). 映画DB. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ a b "デジタル大辞泉プラス「ある殺し屋」の解説" (in Japanese). Kotobank. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
- ^ "1967年5月上旬号". Kinema Junpō. 1967. p. 83-84.
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(help) - ^ "1967年6月下旬号". Kinema Junpō. 1967. p. 40.
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(help) - ^ "ある殺し屋" (in Japanese). The TV(ザテレビジョン). Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "A Certain Killer" (in Japanese). Kyoto International Film Festival. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "現代劇でも美しさが光る雷蔵流ハードボイルド!——春日太一の木曜邦画劇場" (in Japanese). Shunkan Bunshun by Bungeishunju. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ "A Certain Killer" (in Japanese). Motion Pictures Producers Association. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
- ^ "ある殺し屋" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "ある殺し屋" (in Japanese). Womanlife. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
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