A Certain Killer

IMDb link: 0220315
IMDb rating: 6.7 (374 votes)
Genres: Action, Crime
Director: Kazuo Mori
Cast: Asao Koike, Raizo Ichikawa, Yumiko Nogawa, Mikio Narita and others

Release date: 29 Apr 1967
Release year: 1967
Runtime: 82 minutes
Country: Japan
Keywords: yakuza, killer, japan, revolver, needle, hitman, double cross, based on novel

Plot:

The main character is a man from the WW2 generation who has lost his dreams in post-war Japan. While working as a cook in a restaurant he also earns some money as a contract killer. He kills a Yakuza-boss using a tatami-needle and hides in a shabby apartment in a suburb.

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