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Kage Gari
影狩り
Manga
Written by	Takao Saito
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Weekly Post
Original run	1969 – 1973
Live-action film
Directed by	Toshio Masuda
Written by	Kaneo Ikegami
Studio	Toho
Released	1972
Runtime	90 minutes

Kage Gari (影狩り, lit. Shadow Hunters) 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 edit

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 edit

(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 edit

(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 edit

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.