Hunter in the Dark (film)
Appearance
Hunter in the Dark | |
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Directed by | Hideo Gosha |
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Music by | Masaru Sato |
Distributed by | Shochiku |
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Running time | 125 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Hunter in the Dark (Japanese: 闇の狩人, Hepburn: Yami no Karyudo) is a 1979 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Hideo Gosha. It is based on Shōtarō Ikenami's novel of the same title.[1][2][3]
Plot
Sasaio Heizaburo is a skilled sword samurai with amnesia. one day he meet Gomyo Kiyoemon. Kiyoemon gave him the name Tanigawa Yataro and starts using him as a hit man.[4][5][6]
Cast
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Gomyo Kiyoemon
- Yoshio Harada as Tanigawa Yataro(Sasao Heizaburo)
- Tetsuro Tamba as Tanuma Ogitsugu
- Mikio Narita as Toramatsu
- Makoto Fujita as Kasuke
- Hajime Hana as Sukegorō
- Tatsuo Umemiya as Yaichi
- Kōji Yakusho as Kuwano
- Hideo Murota as Sakimatsu
- Hideji Otaki as Jihei
- Eijirō Tōno as Shōgen
- Daisuke Ryu as Bunkichi
- Keiko Kishi as Omon
- Ayumi Ishida as Oriha
- Isao Natsuyagi as Matsu
- Sonny Chiba as Shimoguni Samon
Production
- Yoshinobu Nishioka - Art direction
References
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