Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One Eyes

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 15, 1963

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Toei Company

Cast

Yôichi Ôyama,Ichirō Okuni,Heitaro Gori,Masuo Kamiki,Jun Harukawa,Katsuro Ito,Kikuko Hojo,Jūshirō Konoe,Kotaro Satomi,Kunijirō Yanagiand 18 more

Director

Junji Kurata

Writer

Shin Morita,Shinji Kessoku,Fûtarô Yamada

Cinematography

Takeo Itô

Music

Hajime Kaburagi

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

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