Shadow Hunters
1983, Japanese. Directed by Akira Inoue.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 6 October 1983
- Original title
- 影狩り
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Motomu Furuta, Takeo Kunihiro, Takao Saito
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Shadow Hunters (1983) was directed by Akira Inoue and stars Tatsuya Nakadai, Daisuke Ryū, Eitarō Ozawa.