• Director(s)

    Kazuo Mori

  • Production Year

    1967

  • Genre(s)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

  • Approx. running minutes

    82m

  • Cast

    Raizo Ichikawa, Yumiko Nogawa, Mikio Narita

Film

A Certain Killer

moderate violence, threat, references to sex, drugs and sexual violence

A CERTAIN KILLER is a Japanese crime drama, from 1967, in which an assassin who maintains a cover as a small-town chef takes a job for the yakuza.…

A CERTAIN KILLER is a Japanese crime drama, from 1967, in which an assassin who maintains a cover as a small-town chef takes a job for the yakuza.

violence
Moderate violence includes fist fights, knockout blows, and a sequence in which a man presses a thin blade into the back of another person’s neck, killing them instantly. A montage of grainy black-and-white war photographs includes an image of a bare foot with visible wounds.
threat and horror
There are occasional scenes of threat, including knife and gun threat. A montage of grainy black-and-white photographic images from the Vietnam War includes a blindfolded prisoner being held at gunpoint.
sex
Occasional sex references include non-graphic references to sex work, as well as a scene establishing off-screen sex.
drugs
There are occasional visual and verbal references to drug trafficking, including sight of people handling containers of white powder. Misuse of drugs is not condoned.
sexual violence and sexual threat
During a comic scene, a woman pretends to think that a man is trying to coerce her into sex, but it is clear that he has no such intention. In another scene, a man roughly restrains a woman by the arm while making romantic advances towards her; she initially resists in order to maintain a cover story, but happily consents when it becomes clear that her cover is already blown.
additional issues
Bad language includes ‘shit’, ‘bastard’, ‘ass’, ‘crap’, ‘screw up’, ‘damn’ and ‘hell’. There is also a use of the outdated term ‘cripple’, although discrimination is not endorsed by the film.

  • Director(s)

    Kazuo Mori

  • Production Year

    1967

  • Genre(s)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

  • Approx. running minutes

    82m

  • Cast

    Raizo Ichikawa, Yumiko Nogawa, Mikio Narita

moderate violence, threat, references to sex, drugs and sexual violence
Classified Date:
21/01/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Arrow Film Distributors Ltd
violence
Moderate violence includes fist fights, knockout blows, and a sequence in which a man presses a thin blade into the back of another person’s neck, killing them instantly. A montage of grainy black-and-white war photographs includes an image of a bare foot with visible wounds.
threat and horror
There are occasional scenes of threat, including knife and gun threat. A montage of grainy black-and-white photographic images from the Vietnam War includes a blindfolded prisoner being held at gunpoint.
sex
Occasional sex references include non-graphic references to sex work, as well as a scene establishing off-screen sex.
drugs
There are occasional visual and verbal references to drug trafficking, including sight of people handling containers of white powder. Misuse of drugs is not condoned.
sexual violence and sexual threat
During a comic scene, a woman pretends to think that a man is trying to coerce her into sex, but it is clear that he has no such intention. In another scene, a man roughly restrains a woman by the arm while making romantic advances towards her; she initially resists in order to maintain a cover story, but happily consents when it becomes clear that her cover is already blown.
additional issues
Bad language includes ‘shit’, ‘bastard’, ‘ass’, ‘crap’, ‘screw up’, ‘damn’ and ‘hell’. There is also a use of the outdated term ‘cripple’, although discrimination is not endorsed by the film.

  • Classified date

    21/01/2025

  • Language

    Japanese