Tasukenin Hashiru
{{Infobox television
| image =
| alt_name = {{noitalic|{{lang|ja|助け人走る}}}}
| genre = Jidaigeki
| runtime = 45 minutes (per episode)
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
| num_series =
| num_episodes = 36
| company = Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
Shochiku
| director = Eiichi Kudo
Koreyoshi Kurahara
Tokuzō Tanaka
| starring = Takahiro Tamura
Ichirō Nakatani
So Yamamura
Hiroshi Miyauchi
Yumiko Nogawa
| narrated =
| producer = Hisashi Yamauchi
Rikyū Nakagawa
| theme_music_composer = Masaaki Hirao
| endtheme = "Bōkyō no Tabi" was sung by Morimoto Tarō to Superstar
| first_aired = {{start date|1973|11}}
| last_aired = {{end date|1974|6}}
}}
{{nihongo|Tasukenin Hashiru|助け人走る}} is a Japanese television jidaigeki or period drama, that was broadcast in 1973–1974.{{cite web|URL=https://www.jidaigeki.com/forum/peri/tagyo/20001028_1402.html |title= Tasukenin Hashiru|publisher= Jidaigeki.Com |accessdate=10 August 2017}}{{cite web|url= https://www.asahi.co.jp/hissatsu/list.html |publisher=TV Asahi|title= 必殺シリーズ | accessdate = March 2, 2019 }} It is the third in the Hissatsu series and is based on Saga Sen's Seibei-ryū Gokui.{{cite web|url=https://www.jidaigeki.com/regular/hissatsuhour/ |publisher=時代劇専門チャンネル|title= 必殺シリーズ | accessdate= March 2, 2019 }}{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%8A%A9%E3%81%91%E4%BA%BA%E8%B5%B0%E3%82%8B-2102458|publisher=kotobank|title=助け人走るとは | accessdate= March 2, 2019 }}
Plot
Seibie used to be a famous bandit. Now Seibie's official job is an employment agency but also he takes charge of killing villains with money. Seibie's targets are always villains who escape justice despite their crimes.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvdrama-db.com/drama_info/p/id-14010 |publisher=TV DRAMA|title= 助け人走る | accessdate= March 2, 2019 }}{{cite web|URL=https://www.tvk-yokohama.com/annai/sukebito.php |title=Tasukenin hashiru|publisher=tvk|accessdate=19 December 2020}}
Skilled swordsman Nakayama Bunjuro and Tsji Heinai work for him. At first Ryu tries to kill Seibie but he also starts working for him.
Cast
- Takahiro Tamura as Nakayama Bunjurō
- Ichirō Nakatani as Tsuji Heinai
- Sō Yamamura as Daiku no Seibe
- Hiroshi Miyauchi as Ryu (From episode 20)
- Yumiko Nogawa as Okichi
- Masahiro Sumiyoshi as Tamekichi
- Masaaki Tsusaka as Rikichi
- Atsuko Sano as Nakayama Shino
Directors
- Koreyoshi Kurahara Episode1,6,13,14,21,22,35,36
- Kenji Misumi Episode3,7,8,12,33 {{cite web|url=https://www.nfaj.go.jp/exhibition/misumi-2016-1/#ex-6272|publisher=National Film Archive of Japan|title=映画監督 三隅研次 | accessdate=November 22, 2020}}
- Eiichi Kudo Episode4,11,29,30
- Tokuzō Tanaka Episode18,19,23,24,28,31,34
See also
- Hissatsu Shikakenin (First in the Hissatsu series)
- Hissatsu Shiokinin (2nd in the Hissatsu series)
- Hissatsu Shiokiya Kagyō (6th in the Hissatsu series)
- Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin (10th in the Hissatsu series)