Hunter in the Dark

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Hunter in the Dark ★★ 1980

Set in 18th-century Japan, where power, betrayal, and corruption are the dark side of the samurai world. Tanuma is a powerful shogunate minister who becomes involved with Gomyo, the leader of a secret underworld organization of thieves and murderers with a violent honor code. In Japanese with English subtitles. 138m/C VHS . JP Tatsuya Nakadai, Tetsuro Tamba, Sonny Chiba; D: Hideo Gosha.