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.

00:03:17 We'll each carry some of the proof.

00:06:00 Move!

00:10:55 Where is Makino, the chamberlain of this province?

00:13:01 The presence of uncouth ronin such as us is an offence to a noble young lord.

00:15:30 We're a small clan, located deep in the mountains.

00:18:02 How is the investigation going?

00:20:00 This just came to my attention.

00:22:57 Yes sir.

00:24:56 ...he's the finest swordsman in our clan.

00:30:05 ...Maybe we wouldn't have wound up like this. Jubei, what was your clan like?

00:35:07 What a revolting suggestion. Jubei is my enemy.

00:39:25 We can stay only until around midnight.

00:41:34 I'll keep watch from outside.

00:47:18 You guys are useless. Get out of here!

00:51:51 It's not for you. It's for Jubei.

00:55:09 My father and your father were mere pawns in the game of power.

00:59:03 Hurry! Hold out until the next station. I'll hire horses for you there.

01:02:56 We would appreciate it. We lost our way in the mountains.

01:05:42 You must think of me as a weak samurai.

01:11:46 Jubei. Are you awake?

01:14:20 Hey, what are we going to do about them?

01:22:47 You can shoot me. How about that?

150:03:06 It's 150-ri to Edo. Don't blow it!

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 line150:03:06

Production Record

DirectorToshio Masuda

LanguageJapanese

IMDb votes151