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Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
Quick Facts
DirectorEiichi Kudō
Runtime2h 13m
GenresAction · Drama · War
Release1980-02-23
Film

Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo

1980· 2h 13m· Action· Drama· War

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.

1980-02-23
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Key Crew
DirectorEiichi Kudō
ScreenplayYamada Takayuki
Full cast & crew (8 cast · 4 crew)

Details

Released1980-02-23
Runtime2h 13m
StatusReleased
StudiosToei Company
LanguagesJapanese
CountriesJapan
Rating6.0/10 · 2 votes
Original languageja

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