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Shadow Hunters (1983)
Directed by Akira Inoue
Overview
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 (mayers 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.
Length 91 minutes
Actors
Toshiya Ito | Tatsuya Nakadai | Daisuke Ryû | Midori Yamamoto | Eitarô Ozawa | Yôsuke Kondô | Taketoshi Naitô | Kiyoshi Yamamoto | Sei Hiraizumi | Tôru Takeuchi | Shôshin Kobayashi | Kozo Yamamura | Tokio Oki | Atsuo Moroki | Katsuto Matsuo | Etsuji Azuma | Shinji Ogawa