Queye TV Dark Hunter
Drama
Dark Hunter
闇の狩人
1994
2:20
★ 0
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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

Hiroaki Murakami

Yataro Tanigawa

Keizo Kanie

Yaheiji

Takahiro Tamura

Gomyo Kiyoemon

Rie Hatada

Omichi / Ojun

Kyôko Kishida

Ohama

Haruka Sugata

Oshima

Yoshimi Ashikawa

Nobuko

Takanobu Hozumi

Shirogane Tokuzo

Yoko Kurita

Okichi

Kenji Shiiya

Dohara Shinbei

Crew

Shotaro Ikenami

Novel

Masakazu Osabe

Music

Shigeru Ishihara

Cinematography

Masahisa Sadanaga

Director

Takeshi Yoshida

Screenplay

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