Baian Fujieda the Assassin

Original title: 仕掛人 藤枝梅安

Directed by Toru Hayashi

An adaptation of the Shotaro Ikenami novels, set in the historical Edo period, and centered on Fujieda Bayan, a medicine man and doctor by day, but ruthless killer for hire by night. His tools of the trade are the same in either job: acupuncture needles that leave no trace.