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Film · 1979
Hunter in the Dark
2h 17mDirected by Hideo Gosha
- Action
- Adventure
- Drama
- Crime
Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo, to protect him during an inter-clan conflict. Tanigawa quickly rises in stature in the clan, but finds his boss's enemies almost overwhelming.
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Cast
Tatsuya NakadaiGomyo Kiyoemon
Keiko KishiOmon
Ayumi IshidaOriwa
Makoto FujitaKasuke
Isao NatsuyagiSharaku
Kayo MatsuoOren
Ai KanzakiOsaki
Tatsuo UmemiyaKawazu
Hajime HanaHanba
Yoshio HaradaYataro Tanigawa
Tetsuro TambaOkitsugu Tanuma
Koji YakushoKuwano
Details
- Director
- Hideo Gosha
- Writer
- Kaneo Ikegami
- Novel
- Shotaro Ikenami
- Music
- Masaru Satō
- Cinematography
- Tadashi Sakai
- Editor
- Michio Suwa
- Producer
- Gin'ichi Kishimoto, Masayuki Satō, Shigemi Sugisaki
- Release
- June 17, 1979
- Runtime
- 2h 17m
- Language
- Japanese
- Studio
- Shochiku, Haiyuza Theater Company
- TMDB score
- 6.3 / 10 from 20 votes
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