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Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
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  2. Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo

Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo

Original Title: 影の軍団 服部半蔵

1980
2h 13m
Action
War
Drama

Status

Released

Release

1980

Runtime

2h 13m

Where to Watch

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Storyline

"Eiichi Kudo's strangest film that started the Shadow Warriors ball rolling"

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.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
2h 13m
Feb 23, 1980
Languages
Japanese
Director
Eiichi Kudō
Eiichi Kudō
Production
Toei Company
Toei Company
Production Countries
Japan

Top Cast

8 Cast Members

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)

Emi Harada

Kohagi (sister of lower Hanzo)

Ueda Takanori

Tokugawa Letsuna

Tsunehiko Watase

Tsunehiko Watase

Lower Hanzo

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