Kage Gari Explained


Ja Kanji:	影狩り

Type:	manga
Author:	Takao Saito
Publisher:	Shogakukan
Magazine:	Weekly Post
First:	1969
Last:	1973

Type:	live film
Director:	Toshio Masuda
Studio:	Toho
Released:	1972
Runtime:	90 minutes

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.

External links

Notes and References

Web site: 影狩りとは. kotobank. 2 November 2019.
Web site: 影狩り . eiga.com. 5 March 2019.
Web site: 影狩りほえろ大砲. eiga.com. 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
Web site: 影狩り . 映画法人. 5 March 2019.
Web site: 影狩り. Agency for Cultural Affairs 映画情報システム. 2 November 2019.
Web site: 影狩り. Drama data. 2 November 2020.