Tasukenin Hashiru

Summary

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
Also known as助け人走る
GenreJidaigeki
Directed byEiichi Kudo
Koreyoshi Kurahara
Tokuzō Tanaka
StarringTakahiro Tamura
Ichirō Nakatani
So Yamamura
Hiroshi Miyauchi
Yumiko Nogawa
Theme music composerMasaaki Hirao
Ending theme"Bōkyō no Tabi" was sung by Morimoto Tarō to Superstar
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes36
Production
ProducersHisashi Yamauchi
Rikyū Nakagawa
Running time45 minutes (per episode)
Production companiesAsahi, Shochiku
Original release
NetworkTV Asahi
ReleaseNovember 1973 (1973-11) –
June 1974 (1974-06)

Plot edit

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.

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Directors edit

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References edit

  1. ^ "Tasukenin Hashiru". Jidaigeki.Com. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  2. ^ "必殺シリーズ". TV Asahi. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
  3. ^ "必殺シリーズ". 時代劇専門チャンネル. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
  4. ^ "助け人走るとは". kotobank. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
  5. ^ "助け人走る". TV DRAMA. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
  6. ^ "Tasukenin hashiru". tvk. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  7. ^ "映画監督 三隅研次". National Film Archive of Japan. Retrieved November 22, 2020.