Assassin (1979)
Directed by Yukio Noda
Genres - Action, Adventure |
Sub-Genres - Action Thriller, Martial Arts |
Countries - Japan |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Sonny Chiba fits the title role of Assassin like a spiked glove. Chiba plays a karate expert who poses as a criminal. In this guise, he is hired as a hitman by a Japanese mob. He hopes to maintain this artifice until he can bring the other gang members to justice. He doesn't, thereby laying the groundwork for a thrilling finale.
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assassination, gangster, hitman, infiltration, martial-arts, one-against-odds