Kage Gari

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]

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

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)

Kage Gari Hoero Taihō

(October 10, 1972, Runningtime 89minutes)

Other adaptations
  • Kage Gari (Television drama in 1983) was started by Tatsuya Nakadai, Directed by Akira Inoue.
  • Shin Kage Gari (新・影狩り) was started by Kenji Okamura in 2011.

References
  1. "影狩りとは". kotobank. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  2. "影狩り". eiga.com. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  3. "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.


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