Hunter in the Dark

A gritty jidaigeki about a scarred assassin navigating yakuza politics and escalating violence in Edo-period Japan, marked by moral ambiguity and mounting danger.

Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo, to protect him during an inter-clan conflict. Tanigawa quickly rises in stature in the clan, but finds his boss's enemies almost overwhelming.