Hunter in the Dark

In 19th-century Japan, Gomyo Kiyoemon (Tatsuya Nakadai), a powerful yakuza boss, hires Tanigawa Yataro (Yoshio Harada), a skilled one-eyed assassin, as his bodyguard to protect him during an inter-clan conflict. As Yataro becomes embroiled in the clan's internal struggles, he finds himself facing formidable enemies and rising through the ranks, but at great personal cost. With the help of his fellow yojimbo, Kasuke (Makoto Fujita), Yataro must navigate the treacherous world of the edo period to survive.