Kage Gari
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name =
| image =
| caption =
| ja_kanji = 影狩り
| ja_romaji =
| genre =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = Takao Saito
| publisher = Shogakukan
| demographic =
| magazine = Weekly Post
| published =
| first = 1969
| last = 1973
| volumes =
| volume_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = live film
| director = Toshio Masuda
| producer =
| writer = Kaneo Ikegami
| music =
| studio = Toho
| released = 1972
| runtime = 90 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
{{nihongo|Kage Gari|影狩り||lit. Shadow Hunters}} is a 1969 jidaigeki manga series by Takao Saito.{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%BD%B1%E7%8B%A9%E3%82%8A-750725|title=影狩りとは|publisher=kotobank|access-date=2 November 2019}} 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.{{cite web|url= https://eiga.com/movie/35561/ |title= 影狩り |publisher=eiga.com|access-date=5 March 2019}}{{cite web|url= https://eiga.com/movie/35562/ |title= 影狩り ほえろ大砲|publisher=eiga.com|access-date=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}}
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.{{cite web|url= http://db.eiren.org/contents/02019720036.html |title= 影狩り |publisher=映画法人|access-date=5 March 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/Details?id=11789|title=影狩り|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs 映画情報システム|access-date=2 November 2019}}
=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.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvdrama-db.com/drama_info/p/id-20616|title=影狩り|publisher=Drama data|access-date=2 November 2020}}
- Shin Kage Gari (新・影狩り), a new manga series by Kenji Okamura in 2011.
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.saito-pro.co.jp/kagegari/index.htm|Kage Gari at Takao Saito's official website}}
- [http://www.saito-pro.co.jp/ Saito production]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130720001441/http://www.geocities.jp/cyannyuu/ Ishihara Yujiro Senka]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20190330042424/http://www.geocities.jp/cyannyuu/720610.html Ishihara Yujiro Senka - Kage Gari]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20190330042426/http://www.geocities.jp/cyannyuu/721010.html Ishihara Yujiro Senka - Kage Gari Hoero cannon]
Category:1970s Japanese-language films
Category:Ninja in anime and manga
Category:Samurai in anime and manga
{{manga-stub}}
{{1970s-Japan-film-stub}}