Hissatsu Shiokinin (必殺仕置人) is a Japanese television jidaigeki or period drama that was broadcast in 1973.^[1] It is the 2nd in the Hissatsu series.^[2] Hissatsu Shiokinin is one of the most popular jidaigeki dramas in Japan.^[3]

A group of common merchants in Edo city(Tokyo) in the mid-1800s is really a band of assassins available for hire. Each assassin has his own unique killing style. People of Edo city called them Shiokinin.^[4]

• Nenbutsu no Tetsu: (Tsutomu Yamazaki) is a former monk but now he is a chiropractor, but he is also a professional killer. He uses his extremely tough fingers to dislocate the ribs of his targets. In some episodes he uses his skills as a chiropractor to cripple targets.^[4] Tetsu returns in Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin in 1977.
• Mondo Nakamura: (Makoto Fujita) is a dōshin (Policeman of Edo period) but he is also professional killer who takes charge of killing bad people with money. He hides his master level sword skills under a mask of incompetence and buffoonery.^[4]
• Kanoke no Joe: (Masaya Oki) is a Coffin craftsman but he is also professional killer. Joe is a master of the Okinawan martial arts and his weapon of choice is a spear shaped chisel. Joe returns in special drama Hissatsu Shigotonin Daishugō (1982) and Hissatsu Shigotonin ahensensō ni iku (1983).
• Ohirome no Hanji : Masaaki Tsusaka
• Okin: Yumiko Nogawa
• Tenji no Koroku: Hideo Takamatsu

• Nakamura Ritsu : Mari Shiraki　(Mondo Nakamura's Wife)
• Nakamura Sen : Kin Sugai　(Mondo Nakamura's mother-in-law)

• Eiichi Kudo Episode7,12,16,25,26
• Kenji Misumi Episode4 ^[5]
• Koreyoshi Kurahara Episode15,19
• Tokuzō Tanaka Episode20

• Hissatsu Shikakenin (First in the Hissatsu series)
• Tasukenin Hashiru (3rd in the Hissatsu series)
• Hissatsu Shiokiya Kagyō(6th in the Hissatsu series)
• Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin (10st in the Hissatsu series)