Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

February 23, 1980

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Toei Company

Cast

Teruhiko Saigō,Aiko Morishita,Mikio Narita,So Yamamura,Emi Harada,Tsunehiko Watase,Ueda Takanori,Ken Ogata

Director

Eiichi Kudō

Writer

Yamada Takayuki

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt6975420