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Kurayami Shitomenin (1974)

Kurayami Shitomenin poster
Original title
暗闇仕留人
Directed by
Eiichi Kudo
Genre
drama television series, Jidaigeki
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 1 episode

How it feels

A period drama set in feudal Japan. Skilled assassins carry out contract killings in the shadows. It follows their secret missions and the moral weight of their work.

grittymelancholicdeliberatebroodingnostalgicunsentimentaltenseslow-burn

What happens

Kurayami Shitomenin (暗闇仕留人) is a Japanese television jidaigeki or period drama that was broadcast in 1974. It is the 4th in the Hissatsu series. The drama is a sequel to Hissatsu Shiokinin. This would ultimately become the last entry in the Hissatsu series to air on the TBS-run JNN network due to the Asahi Broadcasting Corporation the franchise's producer, switching to the NET-run ANN network. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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