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Shadow Hunters

Shadow Hunters

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 6, 1983

Runtime

1h 31m

Genres

Drama, History, Action

User Score

100%

Original Title

影狩り

Production Companies

Fuji Television Network

Director

Akira Inoue

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.