Shadow Hunters
- Creator
- Takao Saito
- Date
- 1969
- Genre
- Jidaigeki
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* Ja Kanji — 影狩り == Key facts
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• Type — manga • Author — Takao Saito • Publisher — Shogakukan • Magazine — Weekly Post • First — 1969 • Last — 1973
Key facts
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• Type — live film • Director — Toshio Masuda • Writer — Kaneo Ikegami • Studio — Toho • Released — 1972 • Runtime — 90 minutes lit. Shadow Hunters is a 1969 jidaigeki manga series by Takao Saito. It follows the adventures of three ronin - Jubei (十兵衛), Sunlight (日光), and Moonlight (月光) - who dedicate their lives to hunt down "shadows", the ninja spies of the Tokugawa shogunate.
Kage Gari
Kage Gari
(June 10, 1972, Runningtime 90minutes) • Yujiro Ishihara as Muroto Jubei • Ryōhei Uchida as Niko (Sunlight) • Mikio Narita as Geiko (Moonlight) • Ruriko Asaoka as Chitose • Isao Tamagawa as Shouji Sukejuro • Kōjirō Kusanagi as Jinma Senjuro • Shinjirō Ehara as Kosaka Kurando • Tetsurō Tamba as Tanuma Ogitsugu • Shunsuke Kariya as Koroku • Ryutaro Tatsumi as Makino Zusho
Kage Gari Hoero Taihō
Kage Gari Hoero Taihō
(October 10, 1972, Runningtime 89minutes) • Yujiro Ishihara as Muroto Jubei • Ryōhei Uchida as Sunlight (日光) • Mikio Narita Moonlight (月光) • Tetsurō Tamba as Kage Metsuke • Mari Shiraki as Osen • Junko Natsu as Shibatsuji Miya • Yoshi Katō as Michinari Shibatsuji • Kenji Sahara as Besho Hayato
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• Kage Gari (Television drama in 1983) starring by Tatsuya Nakadai, Directed by Akira Inoue. • Shin Kage Gari (新・影狩り), a new manga series by Kenji Okamura in 2011.
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The series was later adapted into two live-action films in 1972 Kage Gari and Kage Gari Hoero taiho directed by Toshio Masuda and screenplay by Kaneo Ikegami.
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