A Certain Killer

A Certain Killer^[1]^[2]
A Certain Killer
	Film poster
Directed by	Kazuo Mori
Screenplay by	Yasuzo Masumura; Yoshihiro Ishimatsu
Based on	Zenya; by Shinji Fujiwara
Starring	Raizō Ichikawa; Yumiko Nogawa; Mikio Narita;
Cinematography	Kazuo Miyagawa
Edited by	Toshio Taniguchi
Music by	Hajime Kaburagi
Production; company	Daiei Film
Release date	April 29, 1967 (Japan);
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

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] Its screenplay was written by Yasuzo Masumura and Yoshihiro Ishimatsu.^[6]^[7] The film stars Raizō Ichikawa.^[8] It was adapted from the novel Zenya written by Shinji Fujiwara.^[9] A sequel, 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

↑ "ある殺し屋" (in Japanese). UNI Japan. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
1 2 "A Certain Killer" (in Japanese). 映画DB. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
1 2 "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.
↑ "1967年5月上旬号". Kinema Junpō. 1967. p. 83-84. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
↑ "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. 10 September 2019. 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.

External links

A Certain Killer at Kadokawa Archived 2021-01-28 at the Wayback Machine
A Certain Killer at IMDb

[1] "ある殺し屋" (in Japanese). UNI Japan. Retrieved 7 December 2021.

[eigadb-2] 1 2 "A Certain Killer" (in Japanese). 映画DB. Retrieved 7 December 2021.

[kotobank-3] 1 2 "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.

[4] "1967年5月上旬号". Kinema Junpō. 1967. p. 83-84. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)

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

[6] "ある殺し屋" (in Japanese). The TV(ザテレビジョン). Retrieved 7 December 2021.

[7] "A Certain Killer" (in Japanese). Kyoto International Film Festival. Retrieved 7 December 2021.

[8] "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. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2021.

[9] "A Certain Killer" (in Japanese). Motion Pictures Producers Association. Retrieved 21 November 2021.

[10] "ある殺し屋" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 7 December 2021.

[11] "ある殺し屋" (in Japanese). Womanlife. Retrieved 7 December 2021.

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