Professional Killers(1972)
Overview
A shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an agency that introduced laborers and maids, was also one of these. Katsugoro Iseya was a timber dealer who had come in as a client. His target was the constructions magistrate Hanno, and the Tatsumiya who sipped on the benefits. Hanemon who had a stong code towards killing, where he would only kill those who do no good to be in the world, accepts this request. Baian Fujieda, a needle doctor would carry out the killing. However, the professional killer Baian fails to bring down Tatsumiya. Hanemon then looks to another shikakenin, the ronin Sanai Nishimura for the role. Although Sanai's ability with the sword is good, he lives poorly in a tenement, and accepts this commission on the condition that it is kept a secret from his wife and child. Here, they close in on Hanno and Tatsumiya again...
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33 episodes • 1972
Season 1
33 episodes • 1972
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 仕掛けて仕損じなし | Sep 2, 1972 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | Sep 9, 1972 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | Sep 16, 1972 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Episode 4 | Sep 23, 1972 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Episode 5 | Sep 30, 1972 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Episode 6 | Oct 7, 1972 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Episode 7 | Oct 14, 1972 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Episode 8 | Oct 21, 1972 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Episode 9 | Oct 28, 1972 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Episode 10 | Nov 4, 1972 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Episode 11 | Nov 11, 1972 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Episode 12 | Nov 18, 1972 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Episode 13 | Nov 25, 1972 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Episode 14 | Dec 2, 1972 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Episode 15 | Dec 9, 1972 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Episode 16 | Dec 16, 1972 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Episode 17 | Dec 23, 1972 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Episode 18 | Dec 30, 1972 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Episode 19 | Jan 6, 1973 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Episode 20 | Jan 13, 1973 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Episode 21 | Jan 20, 1973 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Episode 22 | Jan 27, 1973 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Episode 23 | Feb 3, 1973 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Episode 24 | Feb 10, 1973 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Episode 25 | Feb 17, 1973 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Episode 26 | Feb 24, 1973 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Episode 27 | Mar 3, 1973 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Episode 28 | Mar 10, 1973 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Episode 29 | Mar 17, 1973 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Episode 30 | Mar 24, 1973 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Episode 31 | Mar 31, 1973 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Episode 32 | Apr 7, 1973 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Episode 33 | Apr 14, 1973 | 0.0 |
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