Kagebôshi: The Shadow Avenger
1959, Japanese. Directed by Nobuo Nakagawa.
For the poor, Edo is Hell on Earth, starving under the rule of Tanuma Okitsugi, corrupt councilor to the shogun. But the courageous vagabond called “Kageboshi” (Shadow Avenger), will fight for the common folk, robbing the rich so the people will have rice. Tanuma’s henchmen will hire an evil swordsman to pose as Kageboshi, starting a wave of murder, kidnapping and robbery, searching for two antique sword-guards that will reveal the hiding place of a fortune in buried gold. But who will claim the gold? The poor of Edo, or the conniving Tanuma? Only Kageboshi’s flashing sword, tearing through Tanuma’s bloodthirsty minions, can forestall his wicked schemes.
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 29 April 1959
- Original title
- 影法師捕物帖
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Yoshihiro Ishikawa, Jiro Fujishima
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Kagebôshi: The Shadow Avenger runs 85 minutes (1h 25m).
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Who directed Kagebôshi: The Shadow Avenger?
Kagebôshi: The Shadow Avenger (1959) was directed by Nobuo Nakagawa and stars Kanjūrō Arashi, Ryūzaburō Nakamura, Kinuko Obata.