Hunter in the Dark (film)
1979 Japanese film
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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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Films directed by Hideo Gosha
- Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)
- Sword of the Beast (1965)
- Cash Calls Hell (1966)
- The Secret of the Urn (1966)
- Samurai Wolf (1966)
- Samurai Wolf II (1967)
- Goyokin (1969)
- Hitokiri (1969)
- The Wolves (1971)
- Violent Streets (1974)
- Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (1978)
- Hunter in the Dark (1979)
- Onimasa (1982)
- The Geisha (1983)
- Fireflies in the North (1984)
- Oar (1985)
- Tracked (1985)
- Death Shadows (1986)
- The Yakuza Wives (1986)
- Tokyo Bordello (1987)
- Carmen 1945 (1988)
- Four Days of Snow and Blood (1989)
- Kagero (1991)
- The Oil-Hell Murder (1992)
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