A Certain Killer

A Certain Killer^[1]^[2]
A Certain Killer
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: ある殺ころし屋や, 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

^ "ある殺ころし屋や" (in Japanese). UNI Japan. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b "A Certain Killer" (in Japanese). 映画えいがDB. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b "デジタル大辞泉だいじせんプラス「ある殺ころし屋や」の解説かいせつ" (in Japanese). Kotobank. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
^ "1967年ねん5月がつ上旬じょうじゅん号ごう". Kinema Junpō. 1967. p. 83-84. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
^ "1967年ねん6月がつ下旬げじゅん号ごう". Kinema Junpō. 1967. p. 40. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
^ "ある殺ころし屋や" (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.
^ "現代げんだい劇げきでも美うつくしさが光ひかる雷蔵らいぞう流りゅうハードボイルド！——春日かすが太一たいちの木曜もくよう邦画ほうが劇場げきじょう" (in Japanese). Shunkan Bunshun by Bungeishunju. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
^ "A Certain Killer" (in Japanese). Motion Pictures Producers Association. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
^ "ある殺ころし屋や" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
^ "ある殺ころし屋や" (in Japanese). Womanlife. Retrieved 7 December 2021.

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[1] "ある殺ころし屋や" (in Japanese). UNI Japan. Retrieved 7 December 2021.

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

[kotobank-3] "デジタル大辞泉だいじせんプラス「ある殺ころし屋や」の解説かいせつ" (in Japanese). Kotobank. Retrieved 21 November 2021.

[4] "1967年ねん5月がつ上旬じょうじゅん号ごう". Kinema Junpō. 1967. p. 83-84. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)

[5] "1967年ねん6月がつ下旬げじゅん号ごう". Kinema Junpō. 1967. p. 40. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)

[6] "ある殺ころし屋や" (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] "現代げんだい劇げきでも美うつくしさが光ひかる雷蔵らいぞう流りゅうハードボイルド！——春日かすが太一たいちの木曜もくよう邦画ほうが劇場げきじょう" (in Japanese). Shunkan Bunshun by Bungeishunju. Retrieved 12 December 2021.

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

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

[11] "ある殺ころし屋や" (in Japanese). Womanlife. Retrieved 7 December 2021.

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