Shadow Hunters (movie)
影狩り- User score: 10
- Production country: Japan
- Producer: Akira Inoue
- Production companies: Fuji Television Network
- Genre: Drama, History, Action
- Release date: 10/6/1983
- Run time: 91 min.
Movie description
The government in Edo era is suffering from a financial crisis. It hires "Kage" to provoke the collapse of small hans (prefectures). "Kagekari" are people who were hired by Daimyos (mayers of local governments) to resist kage. The young mayor of Suwa Takashiwa, Tadamaru was assaulted by a kage on his way to Edo. Zyubei and Gennnosuke, the Kagekaris, try to carry injured Tadamaru to Edo.