The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill (2021)

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Akira is the legendary killer known as the Fable. Following the order of his boss and due to being overworked, he lives peacefully with his partner, Yoko, as ordinary siblings. Akira still works part-time at design company Octopus with CEO Takoda and employee Misaki. CEO Takoda and Misaki are unaware of Akira's background as an assassin. Meanwhile, Utsubo is a representative for an NPO. But, Utsubo works with contract killer Suzuki to set people up for extortion purposes. They target someone at design company Octopus.

• Released: 2021-02-05
• Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime
• Runtime: 2h 12m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 7.0/10 from 102 votes

Directed by Kan Eguchi.

Top cast

• Junichi Okada as Akira Sato / Fable
• Fumino Kimura as Yoko
• Shinichi Tsutsumi as Utsubo
• Yurina Hirate as Hinako Saba
• Masanobu Ando as Suzuki
• Mizuki Yamamoto as Misaki
• Jiro Sato as Takoda
• Kai Inowaki as Kuro
• Ken Yasuda as Ebihara
• Koichi Sato as Boss

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Where to watch The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill

• United States: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• United Kingdom: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• India: stream on Netflix
• Canada: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• Australia: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads

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