Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo

Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 23, 1980

Runtime

2h 13m

Genres

Action, War, Drama

User Score

80%

Original Title

影の軍団 服部半蔵

Production Companies

Toei Company

Director

Eiichi Kudo

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.