is a 2009 Japanese film adaptation of the eponymous manga by . It was directed by and stars

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, who also composed, arranged, and performed the film's theme song, "The Hitman".

Plot

An ordinary salaryman gets mixed up in the death of a legendary hitman, and has to lead a double life as the hitman's successor.

Cast

as Tokichi Inaba *

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as Misako Inaba * Yuri Morishita as Chinatsu * Masaya Kikawada as Dual *

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as Round Glasses * Kaoru Abe as Nekota * Kaname Endō as Tanaka * Motoki Fukami as Takao *

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as Suzuki * Meguru Katō * Daijiro Kawaoka as Mushroom Head * Takayasu Komiya as Shuichi Endo * Ken Maeda as Kamio * Kōichirō Nomoto * Jirō Satō * Mitsuyoshi Shinoda as Nonezumi * Hiroshi Yamamoto as Gaku Yamamoto *

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as Yaginuma

Other adaptations

In 2014, Hitman was made into a web drama on BeeTV's d-Video, with

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in the title role. In 2023, a new version was said to be airing as part of

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's "Friday Night Drama" series, starting in October, with

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taking the role of Inaba.

References

External links

* * * ("Kyō Kara Hitman" manga) (in Japanese) 2000s Japanese films Toei Company films Japanese drama films Live-action films based on manga 2009 films 2000s Japanese-language films {{2000s-Japan-film-stub ja:今日からヒットマン#.E6.98.A0.E7.94.BB