Tasukenin Hashiru

Tasukenin Hashiru (助け人走る) is a Japanese television jidaigeki or period drama, that was broadcast in 1973–1974.^[1][2] It is the third in the Hissatsu series and is based on Saga Sen's Seibei-ryū Gokui.^[3][4]

Tasukenin Hashiru
Also known as	助け人走る
Genre	Jidaigeki
Directed by	Eiichi Kudo Koreyoshi Kurahara Tokuzō Tanaka
Starring	Takahiro Tamura Ichirō Nakatani So Yamamura Hiroshi Miyauchi Yumiko Nogawa
Theme music composer	Masaaki Hirao
Ending theme	"Bōkyō no Tabi" was sung by Morimoto Tarō to Superstar
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	36
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	November 1973 (1973-11) – June 1974 (1974-06)

Plot

Seibie used to be a famous bandit. Now Seibie's official job is an employment agency but also he takes charge of killing villains with money. Seibie's targets are always villains who escape justice despite their crimes.^[5][6]

Skilled swordsman Nakayama Bunjuro and Tsji Heinai work for him. At first Ryu tries to kill Seibie but he also starts working for him.

Cast

• Takahiro Tamura as Nakayama Bunjurō
• Ichirō Nakatani as Tsuji Heinai
• Sō Yamamura as Daiku no Seibe
• Hiroshi Miyauchi as Ryu (From episode 20)
• Yumiko Nogawa as Okichi
• Masahiro Sumiyoshi as Tamekichi
• Masaaki Tsusaka as Rikichi
• Atsuko Sano as Nakayama Shino

Directors

• Koreyoshi Kurahara Episode1,6,13,14,21,22,35,36
• Kenji Misumi Episode3,7,8,12,33 ^[7]
• Eiichi Kudo Episode4,11,29,30
• Tokuzō Tanaka Episode18,19,23,24,28,31,34

See also

• Hissatsu Shikakenin (First in the Hissatsu series)
• Hissatsu Shiokinin (2nd in the Hissatsu series)
• Hissatsu Shiokiya Kagyō (6th in the Hissatsu series)
• Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin (10th in the Hissatsu series)