Hissatsu! III Ura ka Omote ka (必殺! III 裏か表か), also known as Sure Death 3, is a 1986 film directed by Eiichi Kudo,[1] based on the television jidaigeki Hissatsu series Hissatsu Shigotonin V Gekitouhen.[2] The film is an occasionally whimsical Japanese drama about assassins.[3][4][5]
| Hissatsu! III Ura ka Omote ka | |
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| Directed by | Eiichi Kudo |
| Written by | Tatsuo Nogami Katsuyuki Nakamura |
| Produced by | Shochiku Eiga |
| Starring | Makoto Fujita Kunihiko Mitamura Hiroaki Murakami Mikio Narita Keiko Matsuzaka |
| Music by | Masaaki Hirao |
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Running time | 126 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Plot
One day, Mondo Nakamura's colleague (Kiyohara) of Minamimachi Bugyo-sho is killed. Kiyohara was blackmailing Masuya. When Mondo visits Masuya, he senses Masuya is something to do with Kiyohara's death.[6]
Cast
- Makoto Fujita as Mondo Nakamura
- Kunihiko Mitamura as Hide
- Hiroaki Murakami as Masa
- Masaki Kyomoto as Ryu
- Ayukawa Izumi as Kayo
- Toshio Shiba as Ichi
- Shōfukutei Tsurube II as San
- Toshio Yamauchi as Tanaka Sama
- Takuzo Kawatani as Kiyohara
- Kin Sugai as Sen Nakamura
- Mari Shiraki as Ritsu Nakamura
- Ittoku Kishibe as Hikomatsu
- Masatō Ibu
- Junkichi Orimoto as Kanō Heima
- Tatsuo Endō as Rusui
- Mikio Narita as Masuya
- Keiko Matsuzaka as Oko