About this season
Continuation of the popular series of films about the assassins in Edo. This show marks the return of the jidaigeki series "Hissatsu Shigotonin," which has had several seasons between the 1970s and the 1990s. The franchise came back in 2007 with a one-shot special, but this is its first full season since 1992. Makoto Fujita returns as the protagonist Nakamura Mondo, one of the "shigotonin," a team of hired assassins.
Episodes (22)
1. Episode 1
Aired 9 January 2009 • 45 min
2. Episode 2
Aired 16 January 2009 • 45 min
3. Episode 3
Aired 23 January 2009 • 45 min
4. Episode 4
Aired 30 January 2009 • 45 min
5. Episode 5
Aired 6 February 2009
6. Episode 6
Aired 13 February 2009
7. Episode 7
Aired 20 February 2009
8. Episode 8
Aired 27 February 2009
9. Episode 9
Aired 6 March 2009
10. Episode 10
Aired 13 March 2009
11. Episode 11
Aired 20 March 2009
12. Episode 12
Aired 27 March 2009
13. Episode 13
Aired 3 April 2009
14. Episode 14
Aired 10 April 2009
15. Episode 15
Aired 17 April 2009
16. Episode 16
Aired 24 April 2009
17. Episode 17
Aired 1 May 2009
18. Episode 18
Aired 8 May 2009
19. Episode 19
Aired 15 May 2009
20. Episode 20
Aired 22 May 2009
21. Episode 21
Aired 29 May 2009
22. Episode 22
Aired 5 June 2009