Kurayami Shitomenin
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Also known as暗闇仕留人
GenreJidaigeki
Directed byEiichi Kudo
Koreyoshi Kurahara
Kenji Misumi[1]
Koreyoshi Kurahara
Kenji Misumi[1]
StarringKoji Ishizaka
Makoto Fujita
Yousuke Kondo
Yumiko Nogawa
Yuriko Mishima
Taisaku Akino
Makoto Fujita
Yousuke Kondo
Yumiko Nogawa
Yuriko Mishima
Taisaku Akino
| Kurayami Shitomenin | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | 暗闇仕留人 |
| Genre | Jidaigeki |
| Directed by | Eiichi Kudo Koreyoshi Kurahara Kenji Misumi[1] |
| Starring | Koji Ishizaka Makoto Fujita Yousuke Kondo Yumiko Nogawa Yuriko Mishima Taisaku Akino |
| Theme music composer | Masaaki Hirao |
| Ending theme | Midori Nishizaki "Ryoshu" |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 27 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Hisashi Yamauchi Rikyū Nakagawa |
| Running time | 45 minutes (per episode) |
| Production companies | Asahi Broadcasting Corporation Shochiku |
| Original release | |
| Network | JNN (ABC, TBS) |
| Release | 29 June – 28 December 1974 |
Kurayami Shitomenin (暗闇仕留人) is a Japanese television jidaigeki or period drama that was broadcast in 1974. It is the 4th in the Hissatsu series.[2] The drama is a sequel to Hissatsu Shiokinin.[3][4][5] This would ultimately become the last entry in the Hissatsu series to air on the TBS-run JNN network due to the Asahi Broadcasting Corporation the franchise's producer, switching to the NET-run ANN network.
Itoi Mitsugu was a scholar of Rangaku but after Bansha no goku happened, he lives as a Shamisen player. He and Daikichi join Nakamura Monodo's team and kill bad guys.[6]
