Watari, the Ninja Boy (1966)
Adapted from Sanpei Shirato's classic manga, a legend unfolds as Watari, a young boy skilled in ninjutsu, takes on the corruption inside the Iga clan and avenges many unjustly killed ninja by the acts of Sandayu Momochi's scheming vice-leader.
Director:
Sadao Funatoko
Writers:
Masaru Igami, Shun'ichi Nishimura.
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Yoshinobu Kaneko as Watari |
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Chiyoko Honma as Tsuyuki |
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Fuyukichi Maki as Shikanme |
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Kunio Murai as Shindo no Kotaro |
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Asao Uchida as Momochi Sandayu |
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Minoru Ōki as |
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Ryutaro Otomo as Otowa no Kido |
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Toshitaka Itō as |
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Rookie Shin-ichi as |
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Kenji Kusumoto as |
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Akira Shioji as |
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Yasushi Ōshiro as |
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Tetsurō Sagawa as |
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Bin Amatsu as |
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Kensaku Hara as |
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Chiyo Okada as |
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Taizen Shishido as |
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Hiroshi Kato as |
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Shinnosuke Ogata as |
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Daisuke Awaji as |
| Writing | Sanpei Shirato | Comic Book |
| Visual Effects | Junji Kurata | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Writing | Masaru Igami | Screenplay |
| Writing | Sanpei Shirato | Writer |
| Writing | Shun'ichi Nishimura | Screenplay |
| Production | Hiroshi Okawa | Producer |
| Camera | Shigeru Akatsuka | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Hirooki Ogawa | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Sadao Funatoko | Director |
| Camera | Kunio Kunisada | Director of Photography |
| Art | Seiji Yada | Art Direction |
| Editing | Tadao Kanda | Editor |
| Lighting | Takeo Hasegawa | Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Shigeji Nakayama | Sound Recordist |