Shadow Hunters

Name: Shadow Hunters
Director: Toshio Masuda
Released: 1972
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Yûjirô Ishihara, Ruriko Asaoka, Ryôhei Uchida, Mikio Narita, Tetsurô Tanba

1972 · 90 MIN · IMDB 6.3 · 151 VOTES · DIR. Toshio Masuda

Overview

Set during the declining years of the Tokugawa shogunate, Shadow Hunters details the questionably noble exploits of three ronin who act as "Shadow Hunters". These three ronin are not your normal ornery ruffians who are looking for a drink, a broad and someone to jab a sword into, but are in fact former samurai who, rather than follow their destroyed fiefs and murdered masters into death via seppuku, have dedicated their combined sword prowess to stopping the government from raping its daimyos for valuable resources.

Dialogue Timeline — 744 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:02 Toho Co., Ltd.

00:03:15 Sir!

00:05:54 We'll retreat for now. Get ready!

00:10:10 And always, they followed their noses, drawn by the scent of blood.

00:12:33 Dammit, they're making us wait so long. This is why it's tough to get along with officials.

00:14:55 In contrast, you should see my body.

00:17:25 It's foolish to hope they won't come.

00:19:25 ...must have meant many sacrifices and much hardship.

00:22:21 Something must've happened in Edo.

00:24:12 This kind of thing is a double-edged sword.

00:27:45 Jubei. If you are the one acting as my second, then I will not be afraid.

00:32:38 That's enough. The scouts are dead; it's too late now.

00:36:29 Shut up.

00:40:35 Yeah... you can take them.

00:43:11 What happened to the girl?

00:50:18 You guys are pretty good.

00:53:13 Yeah. You have a point. But I wonder, is his sword really that blunt?

00:56:07 What do you think that will accomplish?

00:59:38 We know their route. We have to outride them.

01:03:50 Wow, you're pretty.

01:06:25 I believed him when he said he had gotten in a fight.

01:12:02 What do you make of the corpses Sunlight supposedly saw?

01:14:38 I'm sure they are. But you teased me like...

01:23:12 All right. As you wish.

Cast & Characters

Yûjirô Ishihara Muroto Jubei Ruriko Asaoka Chitose Ryôhei Uchida Sunlight Mikio Narita Moonlight Tetsurô Tanba Shinjirô Ebara Shôki Fukae Kunji Harada Yûzô Harumi Shirô Hisano

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed744

Dialogue density8.3 lines / min

First line00:00:02

Final line01:23:12

Production Record

DirectorToshio Masuda

LanguageJapanese

IMDb votes151