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A Killer's Key (1967)
Directed by Kazuo Mori
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Raizô Ichikawa reprises his role as the restaurant-cook-turned-contract-killer in this sequel to Kazuo Mori’s stylish 1967 thriller A Certain Killer.
Length 79 minutes
Actors
Raizō Ichikawa | Kô Nishimura | Tomomi Satô | Isao Yamagata | Ichirô Nakatani | Yoshio Kaneuchi | Asao Uchida | Saburo Date | Kôichi Itô | Kazuo Moriuchi | Yoshitaka Ito | Kei Satō | Kazue Tamaki | Akira Shiga | Tadashi Iwata | Kazuo Ôbayashi | Kanji Uehara
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/04/2025 | Home Theater | Blu-ray | Owned | 6.5 stars |
| (Average) 6.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
A sequel to A CERTAIN KILLER. Not quite as good as the first but still a fun watch. For a professional killer, he makes some silly mistakes. Tomomi Satô has a nice turn as Hideko, dance student, maybe geisha, kept woman and sorta partner in crime. Lots of moral grey area in this one with plenty of double crossing. I especially like the touch of each yakuza in the chain of command surreptitiously taking their cut of the money for the hired killer before passing it down to the next person.
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