Dark hunter

Masahisa Sadanaga
1994-04-01


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140 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Hiroaki Murakami Yataro Tanigawa Unowned
Keizo Kanie Yaheiji Unowned
Takahiro Tamura Gomyo Kiyoemon Unowned
Rie Hatada Omichi / Ojun Unowned
Kyôko Kishida Ohama Unowned
Haruka Sugata Oshima Unowned
Yoshimi Ashikawa Nobuko Unowned
Takanobu Hozumi Shirogane Tokuzo Unowned
Yoko Kurita Okichi Unowned
Kenji Shiiya Dohara Shinbei Unowned
Kenichiro Sanada Masashichi Unowned
Kôji Nakata Goroyama Hansuke Unowned
Tatsuya Jo Narrator Unowned
Ken Nishida Ito Mataemon Unowned