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Kage Gari
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Wikipedia article
is a 1969 jidaigeki manga series by Takao Saito. It follows the adventures of three ronin - Jubei (), Sunlight (), and Moonlight () - who dedicate their lives to hunt down "shadows", the ninja spies of the Tokugawa shogunate. p.260-261
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.
Kage Gari
(June 10, 1972, Runningtime 90minutes)*Yujiro Ishihara as Muroto Jubei
*Ryhei Uchida as Niko (Sunlight)
*Mikio Narita as Geiko (Moonlight)
*Ruriko Asaoka as Chitose
*Isao Tamagawa as Shouji Sukejuro
*Kjir Kusanagi as Jinma Senjuro
*Shinjir Ehara as Kosaka Kurando
*Tetsur Tamba as Tanuma Ogitsugu
*Shunsuke Kariya as Koroku
*Ryutaro Tatsumi as Makino Zusho
Kage Gari Hoero Taih
(October 10, 1972, Runningtime 89minutes)*Yujiro Ishihara as Muroto Jubei
*Ryhei Uchida as Sunlight ()
*Mikio Narita Moonlight ()
*Tetsur Tamba as Kage Metsuke
*Mari Shiraki as Osen
* Junko Natsu as Shibatsuji Miya
*Yoshi Kat as Michinari Shibatsuji
*Kenji Sahara as Besho Hayato
Other adaptations
*'Kage Gari' (Television drama in 1983) starring by Tatsuya Nakadai, Directed by Akira Inoue.
*'Shin Kage Gari' (), a new manga series by Kenji Okamura in 2011.
References
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