Hunter in the Dark Movie Review 1980

Set in 18th-century Japan, where power, betrayal, and corruption are the dark side of the samurai world. Tanuma is a powerful shogunate minister who becomes involved with Gomyo, the leader of a secret underworld organization of thieves and murderers with a violent honor code. In Japanese with English subtitles.

Distribution

Available on VHS
Running time 138 minutes.
Originally from Japanese.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Historical Drama, Samurai

Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai, Tetsuro Tamba, Sonny Chiba

Director

Hideo Gosha