Hunter in the Dark (1979)

Profile

• Movie: Hunter in the Dark
• Romaji: Yami no karyudo
• Japanese: 闇の狩人
• Director: Hideo Gosha
• Writer: Hideo Gosha, Shotaro Ikenami (novel)
• Producer: Gin-ichi Kishimoto, Masayuki Sato, Shigemi Sugisaki
• Cinematographer: Tadashi Sakai
• Release Date: June 17, 1979
• Runtime: 137 min.
• Distributor: Shochiku
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Plot

Set in 18th-century Japan, a group of disenfranchised warriors decide to form an underground criminal network.

Cast

• Tatsuya Nakadai – Gomyo Kiyoemon
• Yoshio Harada – Yataro Tanigawa
• Ayumi Ishida – Oriwa
• Keiko Kishi – Omon
• Ai Kanzaki – Osaki
• Kayo Matsuo – Oren
• Tetsuro Tamba – Okitsugu Tanuma
• Hajime Hana – Hanba
• Koji Yakusho – Kuwano
• Hideo Morita – Hino
• Daisuke Mine – Someyoshi
• Tatsuo Umemiya – Kawazu
• Mikio Narita – Gosun
• Makoto Fujita – Kasuke
• Hideji Otaki – Shiba
• Yoshi Kato – Zenzaemon
• Eijiro Tono – Shogen
• Isao Natsuyagi – Sharaku
• Sonny Chiba – Samon Shimoguni