Hunter in the Dark (film)

Hunter in the Dark
Hunter in the Dark
Directed by	Hideo Gosha
Starring	Tatsuya Nakadai; Yoshio Harada; Tetsuro Tamba; Mikio Narita; Keiko Kishi; Ayumi Ishida; Sonny Chiba;
Music by	Masaru Sato
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release date	June 17, 1979 (Japan);
Running time	125 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Hunter in the Dark (Japanese: 闇の狩人, Hepburn: Yami no Karyudo) is a 1979 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Hideo Gosha. It is based on Shōtarō Ikenami's novel of the same title.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot

Sasaio Heizaburo is a skilled sword samurai with amnesia. one day he meet Gomyo Kiyoemon. Kiyoemon gave him the name Tanigawa Yataro and starts using him as a hit man.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai as Gomyo Kiyoemon
Yoshio Harada as Tanigawa Yataro(Sasao Heizaburo)
Tetsuro Tamba as Tanuma Ogitsugu
Mikio Narita as Toramatsu
Makoto Fujita as Kasuke
Hajime Hana as Sukegorō
Tatsuo Umemiya as Yaichi
Kōji Yakusho as Kuwano
Hideo Murota as Sakimatsu
Hideji Otaki as Jihei
Eijirō Tōno as Shōgen
Daisuke Ryu as Bunkichi
Keiko Kishi as Omon
Ayumi Ishida as Oriha
Isao Natsuyagi as Matsu
Sonny Chiba as Shimoguni Samon

Production

Yoshinobu Nishioka - Art direction

References

^ "闇の狩人". TBS. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
^ "闇の狩人". 映倫. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
^ "闇の狩人とは". kotobank. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
^ "闇の狩人". Amazon. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
^ "闇の狩人". wowow. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
^ "闇の狩人". Agency for Cultural Affairs 映画情報システム. Retrieved 2 November 2019.

External links

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[1] "闇の狩人". TBS. Retrieved 19 March 2017.

[2] "闇の狩人". 映倫. Retrieved 19 March 2017.

[3] "闇の狩人とは". kotobank. Retrieved 1 January 2020.

[4] "闇の狩人". Amazon. Retrieved 19 March 2017.

[5] "闇の狩人". wowow. Retrieved 1 January 2020.

[6] "闇の狩人". Agency for Cultural Affairs 映画情報システム. Retrieved 2 November 2019.

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