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Hunter in the Dark (1979)
Directed by Hideo Gosha
Most recently watched by sleestakk
Overview
Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo, to protect him during an inter-clan conflict. Tanigawa quickly rises in stature in the clan, but finds his boss’s enemies almost overwhelming.
Length 137 minutes
Actors
Tatsuya Nakadai | Keiko Kishi | Ayumi Ishida | Makoto Fujita | Isao Natsuyagi | Kayo Matsuo | Ai Kanzaki | Tatsuo Umemiya | Hajime Hana | Yoshio Harada | Tetsurō Tamba | Koji Yakusho | Mikio Narita | Hideji Ôtaki | Yoshi Katô | Eijirô Tôno | Sonny Chiba | Hideo Murota | Fujiko Nara | Daisuke Ryû | Hachiro Azuma | Smiley Ohara | Sen Yano | Toshiyuki Hosokawa