Shadow Hunters
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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.
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Tatsuya Nakadai
Known for
Ran
Harakiri
Daisuke Ryū
Known for
Ran
Kagemusha
Eitarō Ozawa
Known for
Ugetsu
The Return of Godzilla
Toshiya Ito
Known for
Ran
Midori Yamamoto
Known for
Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song
Yōsuke Kondō
Known for
Nobody's Boy: Remi
Taketoshi Naitō
Known for
The Burmese Harp
The Return of Godzilla
Kiyoshi Yamamoto
Also in
Goyokin
Sword of the Beast
Sei Hiraizumi
Known for
Weathering with You
Violent Cop
Toru Takeuchi
Known for
Harakiri
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Shōshin Kobayashi
Also in
Tistou the Green Thumb
Sudachi no toki kyoiku wa shinazu
Kozo Yamamura
Also in
This Transient Life
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
Akira Inoue Director · Motomu Furuta Screenplay Takeo Kunihiro Screenplay
First release October 6, 1983 · Produced in Japan · Production Haiyuza Eiga Hoso Company
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Fuji Television Network
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Haiyuza Eiga Hoso Company
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Japan
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Original title
影狩り
Original language
Japanese
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Japanese
Release dates
Japan · October 6, 1983
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