Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo (1980)

Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo (1980)

Eiichi Kudo's strangest film that started the Shadow Warriors ball rolling 1980-02-23 Japan 133 Min. PG-13
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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.

Cast

西郷輝彦 is Upper Hanzo
Upper Hanzo
成田三樹夫 is Matsudaira Izu Mamoru Nobutsuna
Matsudaira Izu Mamoru Nobutsuna
緒形拳 is Koga Shiro Samurai
Koga Shiro Samurai
山村聰 is Masayuki Hoshina
Masayuki Hoshina
森下愛子 is Chisato (Orie)
Chisato (Orie)
Emi Harada is Kohagi (sister of lower Hanzo)
Kohagi (sister of lower Hanzo)
Ueda Takanori is Tokugawa Letsuna
Tokugawa Letsuna
渡瀬恒彦 is Lower Hanzo
Lower Hanzo