---
title: 'Hunter in the Dark (1979)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Hideo Gosha'
released: '1979-06-17'
runtime_minutes: 137
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/hunter-in-the-dark-1979'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079317/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Hunter in the Dark (1979)

1979 · 137 min · Japan

Original title: 闇の狩人

## Synopsis

Hunter in the Dark  is a 1979 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Hideo Gosha. It is based on Shōtarō Ikenami's novel of the same title.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Hideo Gosha](https://cinepixo.com/people/hideo-gosha)
- **Screenplay:** [Hideo Gosha](https://cinepixo.com/people/hideo-gosha)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Masaru Sato](https://cinepixo.com/people/masaru-sato)
- **Producer:** [Masayuki Satō](https://cinepixo.com/people/masayuki-sato), [Gin'ichi Kishimoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/gin-ichi-kishimoto), [Shigemi Sugisaki](https://cinepixo.com/people/shigemi-sugisaki)
- **Director of Photography:** [Tadashi Sakai](https://cinepixo.com/people/tadashi-sakai)
- **Editor:** [Michio Suwa](https://cinepixo.com/people/michio-suwa)

## Cast

- [Hideji Ōtaki](https://cinepixo.com/people/hideji-otaki)
- [Tatsuya Nakadai](https://cinepixo.com/people/tatsuya-nakadai)
- [Eijirō Tōno](https://cinepixo.com/people/eijiro-tono)
- [Mikio Narita](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikio-narita)
- [Tetsurō Tamba](https://cinepixo.com/people/tetsuro-tamba)
- [Hideo Murota](https://cinepixo.com/people/hideo-murota)
- [Tatsuo Umemiya](https://cinepixo.com/people/tatsuo-umemiya)
- [Yoshio Harada](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshio-harada)
- [Kōji Yakusho](https://cinepixo.com/people/koji-yakusho)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/hunter-in-the-dark-1979
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