Deadly Professional 2023

2023•1h 55m

DramaCrimeAction

An epidemic is spreading through the towns of Edo – it spreads via people, and if you get the fever, your face will turn red like a demon, and then you will die. There is no cure in sight, and people’s anxiety is increasing.

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TV Asahi, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, Shochiku

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Cast

Noriyuki Higashiyama

Shogoro Watanabe

Masahiro Matsuoka

Ryoji no Kyojia

Emi Wakui

Okiku no Hanagoten

Kenichi Endo

Jinpachiro no Kawaraya

Noriko Nakagoshi

Fuku Watanabe

Yuri Chinen

Ryu

Katsuhisa Namase

Rintaro Masumura

Midoriko Kimura

Ten Ayanokoji

Satoru Matsuo

Hikozaemon Suminoe

DJ Koo

Ozuno Nakamura

Ayumi Tanida

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