Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One Eyes (1963)
A wave of terror is threatening to unseat Shogun Yoshimune. Police stations are erupting into flames, convicts escaping from prison, houses robbed and vandalized, streets teeming with panicked citizens. Is Ijyuin Tanomo, highly-placed official of Owari clan, secretly using deadly ninja to foment riot and rebellion? Narumiya Shinbei, a lone samurai spy adept at ninjutsu must uncover the hidden hand orchestrating these shocking crimes. Shinbei enlists a small band of dedicated ninja to lay siege to the enemy’s stronghold, where his own sister works as an undercover agent. Now, ninja must fight ninja in a last desperate battle to save the shogunate.
Director:
Junji Kurata
Writers:
Shin Morita, Shinji Kessoku.
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Hiroki Matsukata as Shinbei |
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Kōtarō Satomi as Tokugawa Yoshimune |
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Jūshirō Konoe as Ijuin Yoromo |
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Ichirō Nakatani as Yakuro Teranishi |
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Kikuko Hojo as Kaede |
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Yuriko Mishima as Onui |
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Harumi Sone as |
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Koji Arima as Ito Kanzaemon |
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Kenjiro Uemura as Ryusai |
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Akio Kobori as Sakon Matsudaira |
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Kyōnosuke Murai as Hayato Sakai |
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Hiroshi Fujikawa as Naizen Ota |
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Masuo Kamiki as Akizuki |
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Minken Karasawa as Okuda |
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Kentaro Ozato as |
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Yôichi Ôyama as Jogasaki |
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Jun Harukawa as Ina |
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Kuniomi Kitani as Yamaya |
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Kunijirō Yanagi as Kunijiro Yanaki |
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Mitsukazu Kawamura as Sagara Kazaemon |
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Eiji Minakata as Mitamura Hyoma |
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Koji Kiyomura as Miyoshi |
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Ikkō Ōkuni as Kamon |
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Tokumaro Dan as Hakuten |
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Keiichi Taki as Bontenmaru |
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Kiyoshi Tomomura as Judayu |
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Heitaro Gori as Left Shiba |
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Katsuro Ito as Majiro |
| Directing | Junji Kurata | Director |
| Sound | Hajime Kaburagi | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Shin Morita | Screenplay |
| Writing | Futaro Yamada | Original Story |
| Writing | Shinji Kessoku | Screenplay |
| Art | Tsuneo Daimon | Art Direction |
| Sound | Naotake Fujimoto | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Yoshikazu Inoue | Lighting Technician |
| Editing | Tadao Kanda | Editor |
| Camera | Takeo Itō | Director of Photography |
