Professional Killers

Jun 9, 1973

1h 27m

★ 7.5

Overview

Two assassins are hired to carry out a hit on the second wife of a candle merchant, but someone is watching...

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Shochiku

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Cast

Baian Fujieda

Jirō Tamiya

Sanai Nishimura

Kōji Takahashi

Hanemon(Otowaya)

So Yamamura

Misaki no Senzô

Taisaku Akino

Tamekichi

Kohji Moritsugu

Gozamatsu no Magohachi

Tamio Kawachi

Yoshi

Yoko Nogiwa

Oteru

Akane Kawasaki

Yuki

Yōko Akitani

Omiyo

Kazuko Iwasaki

Yuya no shokunin

Masahiko Tanimura

Tokujiro

Torahiko Hamada

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Sabotage

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7.3

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Jaci v. Solitaire

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