Shikaku Ukeoinin

Shikaku Ukeoinin

Details

• Title: 刺客請負人
• Title (romaji): Shikaku Ukeoinin
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Jidaigeki
• Episodes: 8
• Viewership ratings: 10.1 (Kanto)
• Broadcast network: TV Tokyo
• Broadcast period: 2007-Jul-20 to 2007-Sep-14
• Air time: Friday 20:00

Synopsis

Adapted from Morimura Seiichi's short story series, this jidaigeki drama tells of a ronin (Murakami Hiroaki) forced to flee to Edo, where he ends up being hired as a contract assassin. Tokyograph

Cast

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• Murakami Hiroaki as Matsuba Gyobu
• Wakamura Mayumi as Yamineko no Okichi
• Ozawa Maju as Oroku
• Nakayama Shinobu as Oshizu
• Nagashima Toshiyuki (永島敏行) as Katsura Matagoro
• Nishimura Kazuhiko as Shinji
• Emoto Akira as Tokumatsu
• Shihodo Wataru (四方堂亘) as Danbira Jube
• Saito Ayumu (斎藤歩) as Ikazuchi Saisuke
• Toro Shu (蟷螂襲) as Kannon Isaji

Guests

• Arikawa Hiroshi (有川博) as Oki Kazue (ep1)
• Tachikawa Mitsutaka (立川三貴) as Yoshimatsu Naokata (ep1)
• Kobayashi Ryoko as Princess Kiku (ep1)
• Toono Nagiko as Yui (ep1)
• Miki Takako (未來貴子) as Asato no Kata (ep1)
• Terada Minori as Yasukawa Kizaemon (ep1)
• Taniguchi Takashi (谷口高史) as Kodoken Issai (ep1,4)
• Shibamoto Tadashi (芝本正) as Kihe (ep1,5,8)
• Masaki Shintarou (正城慎太郎) as Tamiya Hikokuro (ep1,4,7-8)
• Masakatsu Kuniyuki (真勝國之) as Gokumon no Masagoro (ep1,4,8)
• Fukumoto Seizo (福本清三) as Onuki Jisai (ep1)
• Kawasaki Akane (川崎あかね) as Oyone (ep1,4)
• Taga Masaru (多賀勝一) (ep1)
• Kaneko Tamami (金子珠美) (ep1)
• Kishimoto Yuji (岸本祐二) as Takada Gunbe (ep2,5)
• Yanagisawa Nana as Oyuki (ep2)
• Nishioka Tokuma as Okuno Shogen (ep2)
• Honjomaru Hitoshi (本城丸裕) as Ryukai (ep2)
• Sugata Shun (菅田俊) as Kawachi Gorozaemon (ep2)
• Ozawa Kazuyoshi (小沢和義) as Kurayami Sukeshiro (ep3)
• Oshiba Hayato (大柴隼人) as Ichitaro (ep3)
• Hinagata Akiko as Hatsuhana (ep3)
• Hiraizumi Sei as Katachiya Kuhe (ep3)
• Shimomoto Toshiyo (下元年世) as Masuikeya (ep3)
• Obayashi Naoko (大林菜穂子) (ep3)
• Maekawa Emiko (前川恵美子) (ep3)

• Saito Koji (斉藤幸治) (ep3)
• Nishida Kiyoshi (西田清史) (ep4)
• Fuse Hiroshi as Shibue Buzaemon (ep4)
• Okouchi Nanako as Okono (ep4)
• Katsube Nobuyuki as Katagiri Genzaemon (ep4,7-8)
• Kawarazaki Jiro (河原崎次郎) as Hatoya Sobe (ep5)
• Masana Bokuzo (正名僕蔵) as Yomoshichi (ep5)
• Hokuto Jun (北斗潤) as Mori Koheita (ep5)
• Yokota Shingo (横田真吾) as Oyamada Shozaemon (ep5)
• Kaito Ken as Yoshizo (ep5)
• Kinouchi Akiko as Ocho (ep5)
• Tsuruta Shinobu as Hiranoya Gonemon (ep5)
• Yamazaki Ginnojou as Waku Handayu (ep6)
• Tsutsui Mariko as Kita no Kata (ep6)
• Hoshino Mari as Noe (ep6)
• Ryu Daisuke (隆大介) as Toyama Naizen (ep6)
• Bengal as Senoo Shume (ep7)
• Nishida Ken as Komori Tadatsune (ep7-8)
• Onodera Akira as Abe Tanomo (ep8)
• Uesugi Shozo (上杉祥三) as Yoshitaka (ep8)
• Ito Tatsuhiro (伊東達広) as Maruya Chube (ep8)

Production Credits

• Original writing: Morimura Seiichi (森村誠一)
• Screenwriter: Kaneko Narito (金子成人) (ep1,8), Ishihara Bull (ep2,4), Morishita Nao (森下直) (ep3,5-7)
• Chief producer: Sasaki Akira (佐々木彰)
• Producer: Nakagawa Junpei (中川順平), Sasaki Junichi (佐々木淳一), Miyoshi Hideaki (三好英明)
• Director: Ishihara Shigeru (石原興) (ep1,4,7-8), Yamashita Tomohiko (山下智彦) (ep2,5), Sakai Nobuyuki (ep3,6)
• Music: Kuriyama Kazuki (栗山和樹)
• Narrator: Endo Kenichi

Episode Titles

• Ep. 01: Lone retainer
• Ep. 02: The last retainers of the Ako clan
• Ep. 03: Instruction to elope
• Ep. 04: Between warriors and humans
• Ep. 05: Town of the gods of death
• Ep. 06: The fruit of jealousy
• Ep. 07: Top-secret orders: Eliminate Gyobu
• Ep. 08: A fight to the death: The last assassin

Episode Ratings

Episode	Kanto	Kansai	Nationwide
01	13.4	??.?	??.?
02	09.4	??.?	??.?
03	09.5	??.?	??.?
04	09.1	??.?	??.?
05	09.7	??.?	??.?
06	10.5	??.?	??.?
07	08.1	??.?	??.?
08	10.8	??.?	??.?
Average	10.1	??.?	??.?

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

External Links

• Official Site
• Japanese Wikipedia