Hissatsu: Sure Death
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Director Masahisa Sadanaga Duration Language Japanese | 5.4/10 IMDb Genre Drama Country Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date January 1, 1984 (1984-01-01) Writer Tatsuo Nogami, Tsuyoshi Yoshida Screenplay Tatsuo Nogami, Takeshi Yoshida Awards Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Cast (Mondo Nakamura), Kunihiko Mitamura (Shokunihide Kagiri), Kiyoshi Nakajo (Shamisen Shop Yuuji), (Shamisen Shop Oriku), Kataoka Nizaemon Similar movies Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji (1955), Sword of the Beast (1965), Assassination (1964), Why Not? (1981), Utamaro and His Five Women (1946) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hissatsu: Sure Death (必殺! THE HISSATSU) is a 1984 film based on the television series Hissatsu. The film is an occasionally whimsical Japanese drama about assassins.
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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.
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References
Hissatsu: Sure Death WikipediaHissatsu: Sure Death IMDb Hissatsu: Sure Death themoviedb.org