Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo (1980)
The tale takes place around 1650, after the death of the third Tokugawa shogun, when ronin were expelled from Edo, the military capital. During the political instability following the death of Iemitsu Tokugawa, Hanzo's Iga ninja clan battles against the Koga clan as various factions vie to seize power. The child shogun Ietsuna is kidnapped but turns out to be hidden under (or over) everyone's noses in a castle turret which is reinforced by a comic book villain, the fire-spitting black ninja. The good ninja has to get through all the traps & save the child.
Director:
Eiichi Kudō
Writer:
Yamada Takayuki
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Teruhiko Saigō as Upper Hanzo |
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Mikio Narita as Matsudaira Izu Mamoru Nobutsuna |
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Ken Ogata as Koga Shiro Samurai |
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So Yamamura as Masayuki Hoshina |
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Aiko Morishita as Chisato (Orie) |
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Emi Harada as Kohagi (sister of lower Hanzo) |
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Ueda Takanori as Tokugawa Letsuna |
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Tsunehiko Watase as Lower Hanzo |
| Directing | Eiichi Kudō | Director |
| Sound | Yu Shin Harada | Music |
| Writing | Yamada Takayuki | Screenplay |
| Crew | Tôru Nakajima | Cinematography |
