Shadow Hunters (1983)
The government in Edo era is suffering from a financial crisis. It hires "Kage" to provoke the collapse of small hans (prefectures). "Kagekari" are people who were hired by Daimyos (mayors of local governments) to resist kage. The young mayor of Suwa Takashiwa, Tadamaru was assaulted by a kage on his way to Edo. Zyubei and Gennnosuke, the Kagekaris, try to carry injured Tadamaru to Edo.
Director:
Akira Inoue
Writers:
Motomu Furuta, Takeo Kunihiro.
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Toshiya Ito as |
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Tatsuya Nakadai as |
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Daisuke Ryū as |
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Midori Yamamoto as |
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Eitarō Ozawa as |
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Yōsuke Kondō as |
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Taketoshi Naitō as |
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Kiyoshi Yamamoto as |
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Sei Hiraizumi as |
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Toru Takeuchi as |
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Shōshin Kobayashi as |
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Kozo Yamamura as |
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Tokio Oki as |
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Atsuo Moroki as |
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Katsuhito Matsuo as |
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Etsuji Azuma as |
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Shinji Ogawa as |
| Directing | Akira Inoue | Director |
| Writing | Motomu Furuta | Screenplay |
| Writing | Takeo Kunihiro | Screenplay |