Hunter in the Dark (1979)

Original title

闇の狩人

Directed by

Hideo Gosha

Genre

action, adventure, drama, crime

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 17m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A samurai seeks to track down the men who killed his master. The story follows his quest for vengeance across a harsh landscape.

broodinggrittymethodicalviolentsomberrevenge-drivenstylizedatmospheric

What happens

Hunter in the Dark (Japanese: 闇の狩人, Hepburn: Yami no Karyudo) is a 1979 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Hideo Gosha. It is based on Shōtarō Ikenami's novel of the same title. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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