Kage Gari
| Kage Gari | |
| 影狩り | |
|---|---|
| Manga | |
| Written by | Takao Saito |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Magazine | Weekly Post |
| Original run | 1969 – 1973 |
| Live-action film | |
| Directed by | Toshio Masuda |
| Written by | Kaneo Ikegami |
| Studio | Toho |
| Released | 1972 |
| Runtime | 90 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
[edit]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
[edit](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
[edit](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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ "影狩りとは". kotobank. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ^ a b "影狩り". eiga.com. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ a b "影狩り ほえろ大砲". eiga.com. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ 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
- ^ "影狩り". 映画法人. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ "影狩り". Agency for Cultural Affairs 映画情報システム. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ^ "影狩り". Drama data. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
External links
[edit]- 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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