Raizô Ichikawa reprises his role as the restaurant-cook-turned-contract-killer in this sequel to Kazuo Mori’s stylish 1967 thriller A Certain Killer.

Ogami Itto is challenged by a quintet of warriors, each armed with one fifth of Ogami’s assassin fee and one fifth of the information he needs to complete his assignment.

While vacationing in the Izu peninsula, a high school student Kawashima becomes intrigued by Kaoru, a pretty young dancer in a troupe of travelling performers, and he tags along with…