Seventeen Ninja (1963)
As the Shogun lays dying, seventeen Iga clan ninja are sent to infiltrate the impenetrable fortress where his youngest son is preparing to storm Edo Castle and name himself Shogun by force of arms. They are to either steal the documents that will eventually give him lawful claim to rulership, or they are to assassinate him. But even before they reach the castle walls, they find their every move countered by a ruthless ninja hunter in the employ of the would-be usurper (Konoe), who not only knows their every tactic but knows the exact make-up of their team thanks to his own spies within Edo Castle. As the Iga Ninja fall one by one, the mission's success or complete failure--where failure will result in a bloody war of succession--comes to hinge on a single young and inexperienced ninja (Kotaro).
Director:
Yasuto Hasegawa
Writer:
Kaneo Ikegami
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Kōtarō Satomi as Hanshiro Tsuge |
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Jūshirō Konoe as Maguro Saiga |
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Yuriko Mishima as Kozue |
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Ryutaro Otomo as Iga no Jingosa |
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Chiyonosuke Azuma as |
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Tokue Hanazawa as |
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Kunio Kaga as |
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Ryūji Shinagawa as |
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Shunya Wazaki as |
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Shinnosuke Ogata as |
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Heitaro Gori as |
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Hajime Nagoya as |
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Ryōji Kōzuki as |
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Masao Hori as |
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Kōshirō Harada as |
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Kinji Nakamura as |
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Kusuo Abe as |
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Kenji Kusumoto as |
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Kōtarō Nirei as |
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Minken Karasawa as |
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Yoshiki Oyamada as |
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Kazutarō Kuni as |
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Kenji Susukida as |
| Directing | Yasuto Hasegawa | Director |
| Sound | Hajime Kaburagi | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Jiro Tomita | Art Direction |
| Sound | Naotake Fujimoto | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Kozo Horiike | Editor |
| Camera | Motoya Washio | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Yoshiaki Masuda | Lighting Technician |
| Writing | Kaneo Ikegami | Screenplay |
