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The Fable: A Hitman Who Doesn't Kill
Why this pick
This sequel keeps Fable’s wonderfully deadpan fish-out-of-water life, then builds crisp, inventive action around his strict no-killing rule.
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Baby Assassins
Why this pick
It shares The Fable’s contrast between exceptionally skilled killers and awkward everyday routines, with dry comic timing and surprisingly grounded character friction.
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Baby Assassins 2 Babies
Why this pick
Like The Fable, it makes mundane adult obligations collide with agile close-quarters action, while its odd-couple assassins keep the tone playful and lived-in.
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The Man from Nowhere
Why this pick
For The Fable’s controlled, near-mythic hitman presence, this delivers a similarly reserved lethal protagonist, escalating danger, and exceptionally physical action with a more somber emotional pull.
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The Night Comes for Us
Why this pick
Its former enforcer trying to protect innocent people echoes Fable’s moral restraint under criminal pressure, though the action is far harsher, faster, and more graphic.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Trained as a ruthless assassin since childhood, a mob hitman known as "Fable" is ordered by his boss to lay low for a year becoming an ordinary person with the name of Akira Sato. However, the boss warns Fable that he will face a deadly punishment if he kills anyone during his time off.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Junichi Okada
Fable/Akira Sato
Fumino Kimura
Yoko
Mizuki Yamamoto
Misaki
Osamu Mukai
Sunagawa
Yuya Yagira
Kojima
Ken Yasuda
Ebihara
Sota Fukushi
Hood
Ryo Kimura
Cord