Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo

IMDb 8.0 1980 133 min ActionWarDrama

Director

Eiichi Kudō

Country

JP

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Teruhiko Saigō
Teruhiko Saigō Upper Hanzo
Mikio Narita
Mikio Narita Matsudaira Izu Mamoru Nobutsuna
Ken Ogata
Ken Ogata Koga Shiro Samurai
So Yamamura
So Yamamura Masayuki Hoshina
Aiko Morishita
Aiko Morishita Chisato (Orie)