A Certain Killer

A Certain Killer
Film poster
Directed byKazuo Mori
Screenplay byYasuzo Masumura
Yoshihiro Ishimatsu
Based on
Zenya
by Shinji Fujiwara
Starring
CinematographyKazuo Miyagawa
Edited byToshio Taniguchi
Music byHajime Kaburagi
Production
company
Release date
  • April 29, 1967 (1967-04-29) (Japan)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

A Certain Killer (Japanese: ある殺し屋, Hepburn: Aru Koroshiya) is a 1967 Japanese crime suspense film directed by Kazuo Mori. Its screenplay was written by Yasuzo Masumura and Yoshihiro Ishimatsu. The film stars Raizō Ichikawa. It was adapted from the novel Zenya written by Shinji Fujiwara. A sequel, Aru Koroshiya no Kage, was released in the same year.

Plot

Shoizawa 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

References

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  5. ↑ "1967年6月下旬号". Kinema Junpō. 1967. p. 40. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
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