Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo

Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo  - Movie (1980)

Eiichi Kudo's strangest film that started the Shadow Warriors ball rolling

Original title

影の軍団 服部半蔵

Released

2/23/1980

Origin country

JP

Genre

Action, Drama, War

Production companies

Toei Company

Budget

Revenue

Runtime

2hr 13min

Description

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.

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