Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies

Overview

[Period Covered: 1570-1573] Towards the end of the Tenmon Era, Shogun Ashikaga`s powers were weakening by the day and many were there who planned to overthrow him. It was the beginning of the Sengoku (Warring States) period. Three men attack a gunpowder maker in a farmhouse, the first chopping off his arm with his sickle-&-chain weapon, the second blinding him with sword, the third giving the killing blow. His son Kojiro Kosume escapes the attackers as everything he has known up to then explodes into conflagration. He grows up & enters the start of the Tokugawa Era, intent on avenging his father.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 10, 1966

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Daiei Film

Cast

Yoichi Funaki,Gen Kimura,Kenjirō Ishiyama,Fujio Suga,Ryūzō Shimada,Eigorō Onoe,Taketoshi Naitō,Manami Fuji,Shōbun Inoue,Shōsaku Sugiyamaand 9 more

Director

Kazuo Ikehiro

Writer

Hajime Takaiwa

Cinematography

Shozo Tanaka

Music

Takeo Watanabe

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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