Hissatsu Shimatsunin (1997)

Original title

必殺始末人

Directed by

Shigeru Ishihara

Genre

action, drama

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 28m

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A wandering samurai named Tadao Yamamura is recruited by a corrupt official to become an executioner who punishes criminals the authorities cannot touch. After being betrayed, he joins a new group of vigilantes operating from a prison supply shop.

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What happens

『必殺始末人』（ひっさつしまつにん）は、1997年から1998年にかけて製作された、劇場映画およびオリジナルビデオ作品のシリーズである。 上方でその名を馳せ、江戸へ流れ着いた浪人・山村只次郎は、過去の剣客としての腕を北町奉行所与力・白鳥右京に見込まれ、偽りの処刑を施される。こうして只次郎は、かもめ、リュウとともに「お上が裁けぬ悪を裁く」始末人として生まれ変わるが、私利私欲に走った白鳥に反旗を翻し、牢内の囚人への差し入れを業務とする「地蔵屋」の女将・おとらを元締めとした、新生・始末人として裏稼業を開始する。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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