Kyō Kara Hitman

Kyō Kara Hitman
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Directed by	Takeshi Yokoi^[ja]
Written by	Hiroshi Mutō^[ja] (manga) Masao Iketani screenplay Masayoshi Wagatsuma screenplay
Produced by	Toshiki Komatsu Shigeji Maeda Tsuneo Seto
Starring	Shinji Takeda
Cinematography	Tetsu Shimomoto
Edited by	Chikako Namba
Music by	Koji Endo^[ja]
Production company	King Records
Distributed by	Toei Video Company (Japan, theatrical)
Release date	September 26, 2009 (2009-09-26)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Kyō Kara Hitman (今日からヒットマン, Kyō kara hittoman) is a 2009 Japanese film adaptation of the eponymous manga by Hiroshi Mutō^[ja]. It was directed by Takeshi Yokoi^[ja] and stars Shinji Takeda,[1] who also composed, arranged, and performed the film's theme song, "The Hitman".[2]

Plot

An ordinary salaryman gets mixed up in the death of a legendary hitman, and has to lead a double life as the hitman's successor.[1]

Cast

• Shinji Takeda as Tokichi Inaba[2]
• Mari Hoshino as Misako Inaba
• Yuri Morishita as Chinatsu
• Masaya Kikawada as Dual
• Kanji Tsuda as Round Glasses
• Kaoru Abe as Nekota
• Kaname Endō as Tanaka
• Motoki Fukami as Takao
• Hidekazu Ichinose as Suzuki
• Meguru Katō
• Daijiro Kawaoka as Mushroom Head
• Takayasu Komiya as Shuichi Endo
• Ken Maeda as Kamio
• Kōichirō Nomoto
• Jirō Satō
• Mitsuyoshi Shinoda as Nonezumi
• Hiroshi Yamamoto as Gaku Yamamoto
• Tomohisa Yuge as Yaginuma

Other adaptations

In 2014, Hitman was made into a web drama on BeeTV's d-Video, with Jun Kaname in the title role.[3]

In 2023, a new version was said to be airing as part of TV Asahi's "Friday Night Drama" series, starting in October, with Arashi's Masaki Aiba taking the role of Inaba.[4][5]

References

1. Andrew Mack (August 5, 2009). "Shinji Takeda plays salaryman turned hitman in 'Kyou Kara Hitman'". twitch. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
2. "Kyō kara Hitman Manga Gets Live-Action Film This Fall". Anime News Network. August 5, 2009. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
3. "「今日からヒットマン」要潤主演でドラマ化！山本美月がセクシーな相棒役". Eiga dot com (in Japanese). 23 September 2014. Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
4. "嵐・相葉雅紀の『VS魂グラデーション』が9月に終了、10月から新バラエティー番組に出演内定、『今日からヒットマン』地上波連続ドラマも決定し主演に". jprime (in Japanese). 18 July 2023. Archived from the original on 23 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
5. "相葉雅紀が10月から「漫画原作」ドラマで主演、『VS魂』9月終了も10月からフジ新番組が内定！". Big Globe (in Japanese). 18 July 2023. Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.

External links

• Kyo Kara Hitman at IMDb
• Official website ("Kyō Kara Hitman" manga) (in Japanese)