Dark hunter
闇の狩人
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.
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Cast
Yoko Kurita
as Okichi
Kōji Nakata
as Goroyama Hansuke
Ken Nishida
as Ito Mataemon
Hiroaki Murakami
as Yataro Tanigawa
Keizo Kanie
as Yaheiji
Takahiro Tamura
as Gomyo Kiyoemon
Haruka Sugata
as Oshima
Yoshimi Ashikawa
as Nobuko
Takanobu Hozumi
as Shirogane Tokuzo
Rie Hatada
as Omichi / Ojun
Kyôko Kishida
as Ohama
