Kyō Kara Hitman (今日からヒットマン, Kyō kara hittoman) is a 2009 Japanese film adaptation of the eponymous manga by Hiroshi Mutō. It was directed by Takeshi Yokoi and stars Shinji Takeda, who also composed, arranged, and performed the film's theme song, "The Hitman".
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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
Shinji Takeda as Tokichi Inaba
Mari Hoshino as Misako Inaba
Yuri Morishita as Chinatsu
Masaya Kikawada as Dual
Kanji Tsuda as Round Glasses
Kaoru Abe as Nekota
Kaname Endō as Tanaka
Motoki Fukami as Takao
Hidekazu Ichinose 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
Tomohisa Yuge as Yaginuma
Other adaptations
In 2014, Hitman was made into a web drama on BeeTV's d-Video, with Jun Kaname in the title role.
In October 2023, a new version aired as part of TV Asahi's "Friday Night Drama" series, with Arashi's Masaki Aiba taking the role of Inaba.