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.

Main 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

Other Information

• Title: 必殺仕事人２００９
• Title (romaji): Hissatsu Shigotonin 2009
  Genre: Jidaigeki, adventure
• Format: Renzoku
• Episodes: 11
• Broadcast network: TV Asahi
• Broadcast period: 2009-Jan-09 to 2009-Apr-10
• Airtime: Friday 21:00
• Theme song: Kyoka Suigetsu by The SHIGOTONIN (Higashiyama Noriyuki, Matsuoka Masahiro & Okura Tadayoshi)

Links

• Official site

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