π Overview:
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.
π Languages Available:
Japanese
π Date Released:
1994-04-01
β Running Time:
140 mins
β Vote Average:
0.0
Beloved Cast
Yataro Tanigawa
Hiroaki Murakami
Yaheiji
Keizo Kanie
Gomyo Kiyoemon
Takahiro Tamura
Omichi / Ojun
Rie Hatada
Ohama
KyΓ΄ko Kishida
Oshima
Haruka Sugata
Nobuko
Yoshimi Ashikawa
Shirogane Tokuzo
Takanobu Hozumi
Okichi
Yoko Kurita
Dohara Shinbei
Kenji Shiiya
Masashichi
Kenichiro Sanada
Goroyama Hansuke
KΓ΄ji Nakata
Narrator
Tatsuya Jo
Ito Mataemon
Ken Nishida
