sentences:  Mamoru Oshii's "The Killers" is a parody of the eponymous classic short story by American writer Ernest Hemingway published in 1927.Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky, a known influence of Oshii, adapted "The Killers" for the screen in 1956 as his first student short film.The yakuza character "Togo 13" appearing in "The Killers" is a cameo of Golgo 13 from the eponymous franchise.