Baian the Assassin: Showdown (1993)
Fujieda Baian is admired during the day as a skilled acupuncturist. However, at night, he is a highly skilled assassin, taking on contracts to quietly eliminate those whose existence is deemed toxic to society. Baian's latest target, assigned by his boss Otowa, is Shirakoya Kikuemon, the head of a powerful organization in Osaka. In the past, Baian had been indebted to Shirakoya, but due to a conflict involving the swordsman Kosugi Jūgorō, their relationship has turned adversarial. After his lover is abducted, Shirakoya storms into Edo. With his life now targeted, Baian resolves to confront Shirakoya in a desperate final showdown.
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Cast
Ken Watanabe
as Dr. Baian
Ken Watanabe (born October 21, 1959) is a Japanese stage, film, and television actor. To English-speaking audiences he is known for playing tragic hero characters, such as General Tadamichi Kuribayash...
Isao Hashizume
Isao Hashizume (橋爪 功, Hashizume Isao, September 17, 1941) is a Japanese actor from Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, who is affiliated with the theatre group Enkikaku (円企 画)..
Kunie Tanaka
Kunie Tanaka (田中 邦衛 Tanaka Kunie, November 23, 1932 - March 24, 2021) was a Japanese actor. He had his first notable role in 1960 as a thug in Akira Kurosawa's The Bad Sleep Well, and worked with the...
Mikijiro Hira
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Mikijirō Hira (平 幹二朗 Hira Mikijirō) was a Japanese actor. Starting as a stage actor in the 1950s, he also worked in film and television and was active until the...
Jun Miho
Jun Miho (美保 純, Miho Jun, born 4 August 1960) is a Japanese actress. She is affiliated with Knockout.
Born in Shizuoka Prefecture in 1960. In 1982, she won the Blue Ribbon Newcomer Award and the Gold...
Hiroshi Abe
Hiroshi Abe (born June 22, 1964) is a Japanese model and actor. He began his career as a model, but he successfully made the transition to acting, becoming one of the most regularly visible presences...
Director
Haruhiko Mimura