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Continuation of the popular series of films about the assassins in Edo. 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.
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- First Air Date
09 January 2009
- Last Air Date
05 June 2009
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Noriyuki Higashiyama
Masahiro Matsuoka
Tadayoshi Okura
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