Aru koroshiya

Aru koroshiya movie poster.

Movie (1967)
English titles: A Certain Killer/The Hitman

Starring:
Raizô Ichikawa
Yumiko Nogawa
Mikio Narita
Mayumi Nagisa
Asao Koike
Sachiko Kobayashi

The main character is a man from the WW2 generation who has lost his dreams in post-war Japan. While working as a cook in a restaurant he also earns some money as a contract killer. He kills a Yakuza-boss using a tatami-needle and hides in a shabby apartment in a suburb.