The Age of Assassins

The Age of Assassins

99 mins | Comedy, Action | Feb. 4, 1967

A nerdy young college instructor named Shinji Kikyo returns home one day to find himself the target of a mad assassin. Surviving somewhat miraculously, he fends off other assassins and with the help of reporter Keiko Tsurumaki and car mechanic Bill Otomo, eventually discovering that a "population control" association is really an assassination squad led by Shogo Mizorogi, who has been training patients of a mental asylum to become killers.

The Age of Assassins

99 mins | Comedy, Action | Feb. 4, 1967

The Age of Assassins
A nerdy young college instructor named Shinji Kikyo returns home one day to find himself the target of a mad assassin. Surviving somewhat miraculously, he fends off other assassins and with the help of reporter Keiko Tsurumaki and car mechanic Bill Otomo, eventually discovering that a "population control" association is really an assassination squad led by Shogo Mizorogi, who has been training patients of a mental asylum to become killers.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Toho Company, Ltd.
Original title 殺人狂時代
Directors Kunihiko Watanabe, Kihachi Okamoto
Writers Tadaaki Yamazaki, Ei Ogawa, Michio Tsuzuki, Kihachi Okamoto

Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai

as Shinji Kikyo

Reiko Dan

as Keiko Tsurumaki

Hideo Sunazuka

as Bill Otomo

Hideyo Amamoto

as Shogo Mizorogi

Tatsuyoshi Ehara

as Aochi

Yasuzō Ogawa

as Mabuchi

Masaya Nihei

as Pappy

Seishirô Kuno

as Man with crutch

Atsuko Kawaguchi

as Yumie Komatsu

Shôji Ôki

as Yasu

Keiichi Taki

as Ikeno

Wataru Ômae

as Oba-Q

Shin Ibuki

as Atom

Hiroshi Hasegawa

as Solan

Ben Hiura

as Hide

Bruno Laske

as Bruckmayer