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Professional Killers

TV·1972–1973·1 season, 33 episodes·NET·Drama, Crime, Action & Adventure·56m

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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...

Cast

Ken OgataKen OgataBaian FujiedaYoichi HayashiYoichi HayashiSanai NishimuraSo YamamuraSo YamamuraHanemon OtowayaYumiko NogawaYumiko NogawaGinTamao NakamuraTamao NakamuraOkuraTaisaku AkinoTaisaku AkinoSenzôRumi MatsumotoRumi MatsumotoOmiyoHiroyuki ÔtaHiroyuki ÔtaMankichi

Episodes by season

Season0133Episodes1972–73Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Professional Killers S01E01仕掛けて仕損じなしSeptember 2, 1972—A shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an agency that introduced laborers and maids, was
  2. S01E02Professional Killers S01E02Episode 2September 9, 1972—
  3. S01E03Professional Killers S01E03Episode 3September 16, 1972—
  4. S01E04Professional Killers S01E04Episode 4September 23, 1972—
  5. S01E05Professional Killers S01E05Episode 5September 30, 1972—
  6. S01E06Professional Killers S01E06Episode 6October 7, 1972—
  7. S01E07Professional Killers S01E07Episode 7October 14, 1972—
  8. S01E08Professional Killers S01E08Episode 8October 21, 1972—
  9. S01E09Professional Killers S01E09Episode 9October 28, 1972—
  10. S01E10Professional Killers S01E10Episode 10November 4, 1972—
  11. S01E11Professional Killers S01E11Episode 11November 11, 1972—
  12. S01E12Professional Killers S01E12Episode 12November 18, 1972—
  13. S01E13Professional Killers S01E13Episode 13November 25, 1972—
  14. S01E14Professional Killers S01E14Episode 14December 2, 1972—
  15. S01E15Professional Killers S01E15Episode 15December 9, 1972—
  16. S01E16Professional Killers S01E16Episode 16December 16, 1972—
  17. S01E17Professional Killers S01E17Episode 17December 23, 1972—
  18. S01E18Professional Killers S01E18Episode 18December 30, 1972—
  19. S01E19Professional Killers S01E19Episode 19January 6, 1973—
  20. S01E20Professional Killers S01E20Episode 20January 13, 1973—
  21. S01E21Professional Killers S01E21Episode 21January 20, 1973—
  22. S01E22Professional Killers S01E22Episode 22January 27, 1973—
  23. S01E23Professional Killers S01E23Episode 23February 3, 1973—
  24. S01E24Professional Killers S01E24Episode 24February 10, 1973—
  25. S01E25Professional Killers S01E25Episode 25February 17, 1973—
  26. S01E26Professional Killers S01E26Episode 26February 24, 1973—
  27. S01E27Professional Killers S01E27Episode 27March 3, 1973—
  28. S01E28Professional Killers S01E28Episode 28March 10, 1973—
  29. S01E29Professional Killers S01E29Episode 29March 17, 1973—
  30. S01E30Professional Killers S01E30Episode 30March 24, 1973—
  31. S01E31Professional Killers S01E31Episode 31March 31, 1973—
  32. S01E32Professional Killers S01E32Episode 32April 7, 1973—
  33. S01E33Professional Killers S01E33Episode 33April 14, 1973—

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