Hissatsu Shigotonin 2009 | 必殺仕事人 2009

General info:

• Title: Hissatsu Shigotonin 2009 | 必殺仕事人２００９
• Format: Renzoku
• Episodes: 22
• Viewership rating: 11.2 (Kanto)
• Broadcast period: 2009-Jan-09 to 2009-Jun-26
• Airtime: Friday 21:00
• Theme song: Kyoka Suigetsu by The SHIGOTONIN (Higashiyama Noriyuki, Matsuoka Masahiro & Okura Tadayoshi)

Storyline:

This show marks the return of the jidaigeki series "Hissatsu Shigotonin," which has had several seasons between the 1970s and the 1990s. The franchise came back in 2007 with a one-shot special, but this is its first full season since 1992. Makoto Fujita returns as the protagonist Nakamura Mondo, one of the "shigotonin," a team of hired assassins. --Tokyograph

Cast:

• Higashiyama Noriyuki as Watanabe Shogorou
• Matsuoka Masahiro s Ryoji
• Okura Tadayoshi as Genta (ep1-11)
• Tanaka Koki as Ren (ep13-)
• Fujita Makoto as Nakamura Mondo
• Wakui Emi as Okiku
• Tanimura Mitsuki
• Mizukawa Asami as Tamagushi
• Nakagoshi Noriko as Fuku
• Maeda Koki (前田航基) as Sakutaro
• Nogiwa Yoko as Watanabe Ko
• Sugai Kin as Nakamura Sen
• Shiraki Mari (白木万理) as Nakamura Ritsu
• Ukaji Takashi as Sakamoto Kansuke
• Fukushi Seiji as Ogawara Denshichi
• Kobayashi Ryoko (ep1)
• Kaga Mariko (ep17)

Crew:

• Screenwriters: Terada Toshio, Okamoto Satoru (岡本さとる),
• Producers: Moriyama Koichi (森山浩一), Uchiyama Seiko (内山聖子), Takeda Isao (武田功)
• Director: Ishihara Shigeru (石原興)
• Music: Hirao Masaaki (平尾昌晃)

Episode ratings:

(Source: Video Research, Ltd.)

Links:

• Official website: http://hissatsu2009.asahi.co.jp/

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