A Certain Killer

1967 film directed by Kazuo Mori

Raizō Ichikawa
Yumiko Nogawa
Mikio Narita

CinematographyKazuo MiyagawaEdited byToshio TaniguchiMusic byHajime Kaburagi

Production
company

Daiei Film

Release date

April 29, 1967 (1967-04-29) ( Japan)

Running time

88 minutesCountryJapanLanguageJapanese

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]

Plot

Source:^[10]^[11]

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

Source:^[2]
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

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