Year: 1972
Duration: 90 min
Directed by: Toshio Masuda
Actors: Kaneo Ikegami, Takao Saito
Language: Japanese (with English Sub)
Country: Japan
Also known as: Kage gari( Japanese original title)
Description: The end of the reign of the Tokugawa Shogunate. The government is trying to retain power, but it needs a lot of money. That would raise revenues, are sent to all districts elusive spies-ninja or, as they are called, “shadows”. Their goal is to identify the income of the fief, hidden from the Shogunate. Identifying violators of the law, the Shogunate had gotten rid of owners of lands, declaring them traitors, and their lands passed under the control of the Shogunate.
This story is told from the other side of the “barricades” on behalf of people whose lives have been warped by the actions of the “shadows” and those who set themselves the goal of life is revenge. They called themselves the “shadow Hunters”. The Shogunate has received evidence that in one of the small mountain clans secretly mined for gold. But this time, to get the land of the mountain clan, is not easy, even for the Shogunate, because these lands were obtained by the ancestor of the clan for the courage of the founder of the Tokugawa dynasty. The plot thickens around the delivery of the securities confirming the right to own land. The clan need to deliver them in Edo, and to destroy the Shogunate. The Shogunate sends a “shadow” on the interception of couriers, and the “hunters” are taken couriers to guard. The task will be difficult, especially in the depths of the clan is a traitor, deep undercover, secret agent “shadows”…
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