Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo

2h 13min

Action

War

Drama

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.

Cast

Teruhiko Saigō

Teruhiko Saigō

Upper Hanzo
Mikio Narita

Mikio Narita

Matsudaira Izu Mamoru Nobutsuna
Ken Ogata

Ken Ogata

Koga Shiro Samurai
Sō Yamamura

Sō Yamamura

Masayuki Hoshina
Aiko Morishita

Aiko Morishita

Chisato (Orie)
Emi Harada

Emi Harada

Kohagi (sister of lower Hanzo)
Ueda Takanori

Ueda Takanori

Tokugawa Letsuna
Tsunehiko Watase

Tsunehiko Watase

Lower Hanzo

Release date

23rd Feb 1980

Status

Released

Spoken languages

日本語