Tasukenin Hashiru (助け人走る) is a Japanese television jidaigeki or period drama, that was broadcast in 1973–1974.[1][2] It is the third in the Hissatsu series and is based on Saga Sen's Seibei-ryū Gokui.[3][4]
Tasukenin Hashiru | |
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Also known as | 助け人走る |
Genre | Jidaigeki |
Directed by | Eiichi Kudo Koreyoshi Kurahara Tokuzō Tanaka |
Starring | Takahiro Tamura Ichirō Nakatani So Yamamura Hiroshi Miyauchi Yumiko Nogawa |
Theme music composer | Masaaki Hirao |
Ending theme | "Bōkyō no Tabi" was sung by Morimoto Tarō to Superstar |
Country of origin | Japan |
Original language | Japanese |
No. of episodes | 36 |
Production | |
Producers | Hisashi Yamauchi Rikyū Nakagawa |
Running time | 45 minutes (per episode) |
Production companies | Asahi, Shochiku |
Original release | |
Network | TV Asahi |
Release | November 1973 June 1974 | –
Seibie used to be a famous bandit. Now Seibie's official job is an employment agency but also he takes charge of killing villains with money. Seibie's targets are always villains who escape justice despite their crimes.[5][6]
Skilled swordsman Nakayama Bunjuro and Tsji Heinai work for him. At first Ryu tries to kill Seibie but he also starts working for him.