The is a long-running prime-time popular television Jidaigeki series about assassins in Japan, produced by ABC Television and Shochiku. Hissatsu Shikakenin is based on Shōtarō Ikenami's novel Shikakenin Fujieda Baian, but its sequels are only inspired by it. The series still continues as an annual two-hour special drama.
List of TV series Source: #Romanised NameStartEndStarringSupporting castAdditional Notes 1Hissatsu Shikakenin2 September 197214 April 1973Yoichi HayashiKen OgataSo YamamuraTamao Nakamura2Hissatsu Shiokinin21 April 197213 October 1973Tsutomu YamazakiMakoto FujitaMasaya OkiYumiko Nogawa3Tasukenin Hashiru20 October 197322 June 1974Takahiro TamuraIchirō NakataniSo YamamuraHiroshi Miyauchi4Kurayami Shitomenin29 June 197428 December 1974Koji IshizakaMakoto FujitaYosuke KondōYumiko Nogawa5Hissatsu Hitchū Shigotoya Kagyō4 April 197527 June 1975Ken OgataRyuzo HayashiMitsuko Kusabue6Hissatsu Shiokiya Kagyō4 July 19759 January 1976Masaya OkiMakoto FujitaKatsutoshi ArataTamao Nakamura7Hissatsu Shiwazanin16 January 197623 July 1976Atsuo NakamuraMakoto FujitaShun OdeMie Nakao8Hissatsu Karakurinin30 July 197622 October 1976Ken OgataIsuzu YamadaJudy OnggKensaku Morita9Hissatsu Karakurinin Keppūhen29 October 197614 January 1977Tsutomu YamazakiMitsuko KusabuePeterKenkichi Hamaike10Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin21 January 19774 November 1977Makoto FujitaTsutomu YamazakiKatsuo NakamuraFumio Fujimura11Shin Hissatsu Karakurinin18 November 19772 February 1977Masaomi KondōIsuzu YamadaGannosuke AshiyaKen Ogata12Edo Professional Hissatsu Shōbainin17 February 197818 August 1978Makoto FujitaTatsuo UmemiyaMitsuko KusabueShōhei Hino13Hissatsu Karakurinin Fugakuhyakkei Koroshitabi25 August 197824 November 1978Masaya OkiIsuzu YamadaGannosuke Ashiya14Tobe Hissatsu Uragoroshi8 December 197811 May 1978Atsuo NakamuraEtsuko IchiharaAkiko WadaShōhei Hino15Hissatsu Shigotonin18 May 197930 January 1981Makoto FujitaKunihiko MitamuraGoro IbukiIsuzu Yamada16Hissatsu ShimaininMachiko KyōEtsushi TakahashiHirotarō Honda17Shin Hissatsu Shigotonin19811982Makoto FujitaKunihiko MitamuraKiyoshi NakajōIsuzu Yamada18Hissatsu Shimainin19811981Machiko KyōEtsushi TakahashiHirotarō Honda19Hissatsu Shigotonin III19821983Makoto FujitaKunihiko MitamuraKiyoshi NakajōIsuzu Yamada20Hissatsu Watashinin19831983Masatoshi NakamuraMieko TakamineAtsushi Watanabe21Hissatsu Shigotonin IV19831984Makoto FujitaKunihiko MitamuraKiyoshi NakajōIsuzu Yamada22Hissatsu Shikirinin19841984Kiyoshi NakajōGannosuke AshiyaAkira OnoderaMachiko Kyō23Hissatsu Shigotonin V19851985Makoto FujitaHiroaki MurakamiMasaki KyomotoIsuzu Yamada24Hissastu Hashikakenin19851985Masahiko TsugawaShin TakumaHisako Manda25Hissatsu Shigotonin V Gekitouhen19861986Makoto FujitaMasaki KyomotoHiroaki Murakami26Hissatsu Masshigura! 19861986Kunihiko MitamuraTeruhiko SaigoYoko Akino27Hissatsu Shigotonin V Senpuhen 19861987Makoto FujitaHiroaki MurakamiKin Sugai28Hissatsu Shigotonin V Fuunryūkohen 19871987Makoto FujitaHiroaki MurakamiTomokazu Miura29Hissatsu Kengekinin 19871987Masaomi KondōTeruhiko AoiKen Tanaka30Hissatsu Shigotonin Gekitotsu 19911992Makoto FujitaKunihiko MitamuraSakae TakitaYuki Meguro31Hissatsu Shigotonin 2009 20092009Noriyuki HigashiyamaMakoto FujitaMasahiro MatsuokaEmi Wakui
List of TV special dramas Tokubetsuhen Hissatsu Shigotonin Kyofuno Ooshigoto Mito Owari Kishu (1981) Hissatsu series Jutsushunen Kinen specialShigotonin Daishūgoū (1982) Hissatsu Gendaiban Mondo no shison ga Kyotoni Arawareta (1982) Toshiwasure Hissatsu Special Shigotonin Ahensenso e Yuku (1983) Hissatsu Shigotonin Igaiden Mondo Dainana Kiheitaito Tatakau (1985) Shinshun Shigotonin Special HissatsuChoushingura (1987) Hissatsu Shigotonin waido Tairo Goroshi (1987) Hissatsu wide shinshun Hisashiburi Mondo Yume no Hatsushigoto Akunin Check! (1988) Hissatsu special Haru Yonimo Fushigina Ooshigoto (1991) Hissatsu special Shinshun Sen Ritsu Youkai sareru Mondo Dosuru? (1992) Hissatsu Shigotonin 2007 Hissatsu Shigotonin 2010 Hissatsu Shigotonin 2012 Hissatsu Shigotonin 2013 Hissatsu Shigotonin 2014 Hissatsu Shigotonin 2015 Hissatsu Shigotonin 2016 Hissatsu Shigotonin 2018 Hissatsu Shigotonin 2019 Hissatsu Shigotonin 2020 Hissatsu Shigotonin 2022 Hissatsu Shigotonin 2023 Hissatsu Shigotonin (2023)
List of films Hissatsu Shikakenin (1973) Hissatsu Shikakenin Baian Arijigoku (1973) Hissatsu Shikakenin Shunsetsu shikakebari (1974) Hissatsu: Sure Death (1984) Hissatsu! Braunkan no Kaibutsutachi (1985) Hissatsu! III Ura ka Omote ka (1986), directed by Eiichi Kudo Sure Death 4: Revenge (1987), directed by Kinji Fukasaku Hissatsu! 5: Ōgon no Chi (1991), directed by Toshio Masuda Hissatsu! Mondo Shisu (1996) Hissatsu Shimatsunin (1998) Hissatsu! Shamisenya no Yuji (1999)
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