Hissatsu Shiokinin (必殺仕置人) is a Japanese television jidaigeki or period drama that was broadcast in 1973.
[2] Hissatsu Shiokinin is one of the most popular jidaigeki dramas in Japan.
[3] A group of common merchants in Edo city(Tokyo) in the mid-1800s is really a band of assassins available for hire.
People of Edo city called them Shiokinin.
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