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Aru koroshi ya

  • 19671967
  • 1h 22m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
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POPULARITY
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Aru koroshi ya (1967)
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A former soldier, reduced to working at a restaurant post-war, becomes a contract killer for the yakuza gangs he's in contact with.A former soldier, reduced to working at a restaurant post-war, becomes a contract killer for the yakuza gangs he's in contact with.A former soldier, reduced to working at a restaurant post-war, becomes a contract killer for the yakuza gangs he's in contact with.
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
187
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
172,193
735
  • Director
    • Kazuo Mori
  • Writers
    • Shinji Fujiwara(novel "Zenya")
    • Yoshihiro Ishimatsu(screenplay)
    • Yasuzô Masumura(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Raizô Ichikawa
    • Mikio Narita
    • Yumiko Nogawa
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  • Director
    • Kazuo Mori
  • Writers
    • Shinji Fujiwara(novel "Zenya")
    • Yoshihiro Ishimatsu(screenplay)
    • Yasuzô Masumura(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Raizô Ichikawa
    • Mikio Narita
    • Yumiko Nogawa
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    • 2User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win

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    Yumiko Nogawa in Aru koroshi ya (1967)
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    Raizô Ichikawa and Mayumi Nagisa in Aru koroshi ya (1967)

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    Raizô Ichikawa
    Raizô Ichikawa
    Mikio Narita
    Mikio Narita
    Yumiko Nogawa
    Yumiko Nogawa
    Asao Koike
    Asao Koike
    Yukiko Kobayashi
    Yukiko Kobayashi
    Mayumi Nagisa
    Jôtarô Senba
    Jôtarô Senba
    Saburô Date
    Saburô Date
    Tatsuo Matsushita
    Tatsuo Matsushita
    Yûji Hamada
    Chikara Hashimoto
    Yukio Horikita
    Yûsaku Terashima
    Yûsaku Terashima
    Hajime Koshikawa
    Sôji Shibata
    Tsuyako Okajima
    Gen Kuroki
    Yûtarô Ban
    • Director
      • Kazuo Mori
    • Writers
      • Shinji Fujiwara(novel "Zenya")
      • Yoshihiro Ishimatsu(screenplay)
      • Yasuzô Masumura(screenplay)
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    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      ARU KOROSHI YA series. #1 of 2 films.
    • Connections
      Followed by Aru koroshiya no kagi (1967)
    • Soundtracks
      Tsuru kame (aka: Crane and turtle)
      Composed by Rokuzaemon Kineya

      At the gang boss party

    User reviews2

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    9/10
    stylish, hip and very cool
    Marvellous, stylish, hip and very cool mid sixties colour movie from the celebrated Japanese 'B' movie director, Kazuo Mori. Starring the impressive Raizo Ichikawa, who reprised the role in the subsequent 'A Certain Killer's Key' and is astonishingly good in this not putting a foot wrong, unless you count the slightly silly fist fight at the end, which is probably intended to be amusing. the other major asset in this sparkling film is the lovely, Yumiko Nogawa who was still working until very recently and whose first film was that of Seijun Suzuki, 'Gate Of Flesh'. The film itself tells of a highly accomplished hit man a few bad yakuza and some even more bad ones and a guy and a girl who tag along with our hero. Great stuff with more than a nod to the French new wave.
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    • christopher-underwood
    • Feb 4, 2013

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    • Release date
      • April 29, 1967 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • A Certain Killer
    • Production company
      • Daiei
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 22 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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