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Baian the Assassin | 仕掛人梅安

Description: This is an ensemble period drama adapted from Shotaro Ikenami's popular novel, featuring the famous Kabuki actor brothers Kinnosuke Manya and Katsuo Nakamura, who made the transition from the Kabuki world to the film industry, and a cast of gorgeous and diverse faces. The Edo period. Nagato Abe, a Hatamoto (a feudal lord), is annoyed by his son's bad behavior, and when it becomes a hindrance to his own career, he asks Otowaya Hanemon, a black marketeer, to assassinate his son. The target is then taken care of by the assassin, Umeyasu. In order to keep his mouth shut, Nagatomon no Mamoru also attempts to take Otowaya's life. Nagato's brother-in-law, Omiya Sahei, a corrupt merchant from the Kamigata region, also plans to replace Otowaya as the head of Edo's black market business, so Umebayashi and his fellow trapper Hikojiro set out to eliminate them.

Genres: Action, Drama

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Budget: $0 | Revenue : $0

Runtime: 100 minutes

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Kinnosuke Nakamura

Played Baian Fujieda

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Mayumi Ogawa

Played Osono

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Kimie Shingyoji

Played Osaki

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Junko Miyashita

Played Omon

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Katsuo Nakamura

Played Hikojiro

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Jūzō Itami

Played Sahei Oumiya

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Susumu Fujita

Played Hanuemon Otowaya

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Takayuki Godai

Played Jugoro Kosugi

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Masataka Iwao

Played Genpachiro Isaka

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Shinsuke Mikimoto

Played Mondo Tsuchiya

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Akira Nakao

Played Mondonosuke

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Izumi Shima

Played Oyumi

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