Baian Fujieda the Assassin
An adaptation of the Shotaro Ikenami novels, set in the historical Edo period, and centered on Fujieda Bayan, a medicine man and doctor by day, but ruthless killer for hire by night. His tools of the trade are the same in either job: acupuncture needles that leave no trace.
Genre: Drama
Cast: Goro Kishitani, Fumiyo Kohinata, Ryuji Harada, Saki Takaoka, Makoto Fujita, Renji Ishibashi, Shinobu Nakayama, Machiko Washio, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Hirotaro Honda, Daisuke Ryū, Houka Kinoshita, Miyuki Komatsu
Crew: Toru Hayashi (Director), Megumi Tamura (Screenplay), Shōtarō Ikenami (Novel), Ishida Katsunori (Music), Nobuyuki Sakai (Assistant Director)