Film · Drama, Action, History, TV Movie

Shadow Hunters (1983)

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.

Director

Akira Inoue

Writers

Motomu Furuta, Takeo Kunihiro, Takao Saito

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

Release date

October 6, 1983

Original title

影狩り