Film

Dark Hunter

1994 · 2h 20m · Drama

Thief Yaheiji (Keizo Kanie) helped a dying young samurai (Hiroaki Murakami), after recovering, he lost his memory and returned to Edo under the name of Yataro Tanigawa. Yaheiji meets Yataro again in Edo, by which time Yataro has become a dark hunter (Hired Assassin). The boss of thieves to whom Yaheiji obeys is killed, and Yaheiji participates in the battle to take his place Yataro helps him defeat and save his life, and Yaheiji also tries to save Yataro from the world of assassins... The drama "Dark Hunter" is based on the novel by Shotaro Ikenami, who is best known for his TV series Onihei Hankacho, Kenkaku Shobai and Fujieda Baian's Shikake-nin. The film version directed by Hideo Gosha is well known, but this version is more faithful to the original.

Hiroaki Murakami

Yataro Tanigawa

Keizo Kanie

Yaheiji

Takahiro Tamura

Gomyo Kiyoemon

Rie Hatada

Omichi / Ojun

Kyôko Kishida

Ohama

Haruka Sugata

Oshima

Yoshimi Ashikawa

Nobuko

Takanobu Hozumi

Shirogane Tokuzo

Yoko Kurita

Okichi

Kenji Shiiya

Dohara Shinbei

Kenichiro Sanada

Masashichi

Kōji Nakata

Goroyama Hansuke

Tatsuya Jo

Narrator

Ken Nishida

Ito Mataemon

• Masahisa SadanagaDirector
• Takeshi YoshidaScreenplay
• Shotaro IkenamiNovel

Release date

April 1, 1994

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

2h 20m

Genres

Drama

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