Kage Gari

Kage Gari
影狩り
Manga
Written byTakao Saito
Published byShogakukan
MagazineWeekly Post
Original run1969 – 1973
Live-action film
Directed byToshio Masuda
Written byKaneo Ikegami
StudioToho
Released1972
Runtime90 minutes

Kage Gari (影狩り, lit. Shadow Hunters) is a 1969 jidaigeki manga series by Takao Saito.[1] 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.[2][3][4]

Films

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.[2][3][5][6]

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

(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

Other adaptations

  • Kage Gari (Television drama in 1983) starring by Tatsuya Nakadai, Directed by Akira Inoue.[7]
  • Shin Kage Gari (新・影狩り), a new manga series by Kenji Okamura in 2011.

References

  1. ^ "影狩りとは". kotobank. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b "影狩り". eiga.com. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b "影狩り ほえろ大砲". eiga.com. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  4. ^ 映画監督 舛田利雄 アクション映画の巨星舛田利雄のすべて p.260-261 ISBN 978-4-401-75117-4
  5. ^ "影狩り". 映画法人. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  6. ^ "影狩り". Agency for Cultural Affairs 映画情報システム. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  7. ^ "影狩り". Drama data. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

External links

  • Kage Gari at Takao Saito's official website
  • Saito production
  • Ishihara Yujiro Senka
  • Ishihara Yujiro Senka - Kage Gari
  • Ishihara Yujiro Senka - Kage Gari Hoero cannon


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