Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
Movie

Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo

Eiichi Kudo's strangest film that started the Shadow Warriors ball rolling
8.0/10
1980
2h 13m
ja
Action
War
Drama

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.

Director

Eiichi Kudō

Writers

Yamada Takayuki

Movie Information

Release Date

February 23, 1980

Runtime

2h 13m

Status

Released

Original Language

ja

Vote Count

1

Production

Toei Company