Vengeance for Sale

Vengeance for Sale (Japanese: 助太刀屋助六, Hepburn: Sukedachiya Sukeroku) is a 2002 Japanese jidaigeki film written and directed by Kihachi Okamoto.^[4][5][6]

Directed byKihachi Okamoto^[1]

Screenplay byKihachi Okamoto

Based onVengeance for Sale
by Ikuta Daisuke (Kihachi Okamoto)^[2]

Starring

• Hiroyuki Sanada
• Kyoka Suzuki
• Keiju Kobayashi
• Tatsuya Nakadai

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Vengeance for Sale
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Directed by	Kihachi Okamoto[1]
Screenplay by	Kihachi Okamoto
Based on	Vengeance for Sale by Ikuta Daisuke (Kihachi Okamoto)[2]
Starring	Hiroyuki Sanada Kyoka Suzuki Keiju Kobayashi Tatsuya Nakadai
Cinematography	Yudai Katō
Edited by	Shōzō Kawashima
Music by	Yōsuke Yamashita
Production companies	Nikkatsu Fuji Television[3]
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	February 16, 2002 (2002-02-16) (Japan)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

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Vengeance for Sale is a remake of the TV movie directed by Kihachi Okamoto in 1969, based on the manga written by Okamoto under the pen name "Daisuke Ikuta".^[7][8] It was the final film Okamoto directed.^{[9][10][11][12]} Vengeance for Sale was adapted into a kabuki in 2012.^[7][12][13]

Hiroyuki Sanada stars as Sukeroku, a yakuza who makes a living by aiding someone else's revenge.^[14][15]