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Shikaku Ukeoinin

Details

• Title: 刺客請負人
• Title (romaji): Shikaku Ukeoinin
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Jidaigeki
• Episodes: 8
• Broadcast network: TV Tokyo
• Broadcast period: 2007-Jul-20 to 2007-Sep-7
• 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 (村上弘明) 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

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)
• Nishioka Tokuma (ep2)
• Yanagisawa Nana as Oyuki (ep2)
• Hinagata Akiko (ep3)
• Oshiba Hayato (大柴隼人) (ep3)
• Ozawa Kazuyoshi (小沢和義) (ep3)

Production Credits

• Original writing: Morimura Seiichi (森村誠一)
• Screenwriter: Kaneko Narito (金子成人)
• 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)
• Music: Kuriyama Kazuki (栗山和樹)

Episode Titles

• Ep. 01: The lone retainer

Episode Ratings

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Source: Video Research, Ltd.

External Links

• Official Site
• Japanese Wikipedia

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