# Hissatsu series

The Hissatsu series (必殺シリーズ, Hissatsu series) is a long-running prime-time popular television Jidaigeki series about assassins in Japan, produced by ABC Television and Shochiku. Hissatsu Shikakenin is based on Shōtarō Ikenami's novel Shikakenin Fujieda Baian, but its sequels are only inspired by it. The series still continues as an annual two-hour special drama.

## List of TV series

Source:
| # | Romanised Name | Start | End | Starring | Supporting cast |
| 1 | Hissatsu Shikakenin | 2 September 1972 | 14 April 1973 | Yoichi Hayashi Ken Ogata | So Yamamura Tamao Nakamura |
| 2 | Hissatsu Shiokinin | 21 April 1972 | 13 October 1973 | Tsutomu Yamazaki | Makoto Fujita Masaya Oki Yumiko Nogawa |
| 3 | Tasukenin Hashiru | 20 October 1973 | 22 June 1974 | Takahiro Tamura | Ichirō Nakatani So Yamamura Hiroshi Miyauchi |
| 4 | Kurayami Shitomenin | 29 June 1974 | 28 December 1974 | Koji Ishizaka | Makoto Fujita Yosuke Kondō Yumiko Nogawa |
| 5 | Hissatsu Hitchū Shigotoya Kagyō | 4 April 1975 | 27 June 1975 | Ken Ogata | Ryuzo Hayashi Mitsuko Kusabue |
| 6 | Hissatsu Shiokiya Kagyō | 4 July 1975 | 9 January 1976 | Masaya Oki | Makoto Fujita Katsutoshi Arata Tamao Nakamura |
| 7 | Hissatsu Shiwazanin | 16 January 1976 | 23 July 1976 | Atsuo Nakamura | Makoto Fujita Shun Ode Mie Nakao |
| 8 | Hissatsu Karakurinin | 30 July 1976 | 22 October 1976 | Ken Ogata | Isuzu Yamada Judy Ongg Kensaku Morita |
| 9 | Hissatsu Karakurinin Keppūhen | 29 October 1976 | 14 January 1977 | Tsutomu Yamazaki | Mitsuko Kusabue Peter Kenkichi Hamaike |
| 10 | Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin | 21 January 1977 | 4 November 1977 | Makoto Fujita | Tsutomu Yamazaki Katsuo Nakamura Fumio Fujimura |
| 11 | Shin Hissatsu Karakurinin | 18 November 1977 | 2 February 1977 | Masaomi Kondō | Isuzu Yamada Gannosuke Ashiya Ken Ogata |
| 12 | Edo Professional Hissatsu Shōbainin | 17 February 1978 | 18 August 1978 | Makoto Fujita | Tatsuo Umemiya Mitsuko Kusabue Shōhei Hino |
| 13 | Hissatsu Karakurinin Fugakuhyakkei Koroshitabi | 25 August 1978 | 24 November 1978 | Masaya Oki | Isuzu Yamada Gannosuke Ashiya |
| 14 | Tobe Hissatsu Uragoroshi | 8 December 1978 | 11 May 1978 | Atsuo Nakamura | Etsuko Ichihara Akiko Wada Shōhei Hino |
| 15 | Hissatsu Shigotonin | 18 May 1979 | 30 January 1981 | Makoto Fujita | Kunihiko Mitamura Goro Ibuki Isuzu Yamada |
| 16 | Hissatsu Shimainin | | | Machiko Kyō | Etsushi Takahashi Hirotarō Honda |
| 17 | Shin Hissatsu Shigotonin | 1981 | 1982 | Makoto Fujita | Kunihiko Mitamura Kiyoshi Nakajō Isuzu Yamada |
| 18 | Hissatsu Shimainin | 1981 | 1981 | Machiko Kyō | Etsushi Takahashi Hirotarō Honda |
| 19 | Hissatsu Shigotonin III | 1982 | 1983 | Makoto Fujita | Kunihiko Mitamura Kiyoshi Nakajō Isuzu Yamada |
| 20 | Hissatsu Watashinin | 1983 | 1983 | Masatoshi Nakamura | Mieko Takamine Atsushi Watanabe |
| 21 | Hissatsu Shigotonin IV | 1983 | 1984 | Makoto Fujita | Kunihiko Mitamura Kiyoshi Nakajō Isuzu Yamada |
| 22 | Hissatsu Shikirinin | 1984 | 1984 | Kiyoshi Nakajō | Gannosuke Ashiya Akira Onodera Machiko Kyō |
| 23 | Hissatsu Shigotonin V | 1985 | 1985 | Makoto Fujita | Hiroaki Murakami Masaki Kyomoto Isuzu Yamada |
| 24 | Hissastu Hashikakenin | 1985 | 1985 | Masahiko Tsugawa | Shin Takuma Hisako Manda |
| 25 | Hissatsu Shigotonin V Gekitouhen | 1986 | 1986 | Makoto Fujita | Masaki Kyomoto Hiroaki Murakami |
| 26 | Hissatsu Masshigura! | 1986 | 1986 | Kunihiko Mitamura | Teruhiko Saigo Yoko Akino |
| 27 | Hissatsu Shigotonin V Senpuhen | 1986 | 1987 | Makoto Fujita | Hiroaki Murakami Kin Sugai |
| 28 | Hissatsu Shigotonin V Fuunryūkohen | 1987 | 1987 | Makoto Fujita | Hiroaki Murakami Tomokazu Miura |
| 29 | Hissatsu Kengekinin | 1987 | 1987 | Masaomi Kondō Teruhiko Aoi Ken Tanaka | |
| 30 | Hissatsu Shigotonin Gekitotsu | 1991 | 1992 | Makoto Fujita | Kunihiko Mitamura Sakae Takita Yuki Meguro |
| 31 | Hissatsu Shigotonin 2009 | 2009 | 2009 | Noriyuki Higashiyama | Makoto Fujita Masahiro Matsuoka Emi Wakui |

## List of TV special dramas

* Tokubetsuhen Hissatsu Shigotonin Kyofuno Ooshigoto Mito Owari Kishu (1981)
* Hissatsu series Jutsushunen Kinen specialShigotonin Daishūgoū (1982)
* Hissatsu Gendaiban Mondo no shison ga Kyotoni Arawareta (1982)
* Toshiwasure Hissatsu Special Shigotonin Ahensenso e Yuku (1983)
* Hissatsu Shigotonin Igaiden Mondo Dainana Kiheitaito Tatakau (1985)
* Shinshun Shigotonin Special HissatsuChoushingura (1987)
* Hissatsu Shigotonin waido Tairo Goroshi (1987)
* Hissatsu wide shinshun Hisashiburi Mondo Yume no Hatsushigoto Akunin Check! (1988)
* Hissatsu special Haru Yonimo Fushigina Ooshigoto (1991)
* Hissatsu special Shinshun Sen Ritsu Youkai sareru Mondo Dosuru? (1992)
* Hissatsu Shigotonin 2007
* Hissatsu Shigotonin 2010
* Hissatsu Shigotonin 2012
* Hissatsu Shigotonin 2013
* Hissatsu Shigotonin 2014
* Hissatsu Shigotonin 2015
* Hissatsu Shigotonin 2016
* Hissatsu Shigotonin 2018
* Hissatsu Shigotonin 2019
* Hissatsu Shigotonin 2020
* Hissatsu Shigotonin 2022
* Hissatsu Shigotonin 2023
* Hissatsu Shigotonin (2023)

## List of films

* Hissatsu Shikakenin (1973)
* Hissatsu Shikakenin Baian Arijigoku (1973)
* Hissatsu Shikakenin Shunsetsu shikakebari (1974)
* Hissatsu: Sure Death (1984)
* Hissatsu! Braunkan no Kaibutsutachi (1985)
* Hissatsu! III Ura ka Omote ka (1986), directed by Eiichi Kudo
* Sure Death 4: Revenge (1987), directed by Kinji Fukasaku
* Hissatsu!5 Ōgon no Chi (1991), directed by Toshio Masuda
* Hissatsu! Mondo Shisu (1996)
* Hissatsu Shimatsunin (1998)
* Hissatsu! Shamisenya no Yuji (1999)