Band of Ninja (movie)
Alternative title:
Manual of Ninja Martial Arts
Ninja Bugei-chō (Japanese)
Ninja Bugeichō (Japanese)
Tales of the Ninja
忍者武芸帳 (Japanese)
Plot Summary:
Yuki Jyutaro's family was killed when an Iga ninja named Sakagami Shuzen invaded & conquered Fushikage Castle, which the Yuki Family called home. Jyutaro trained to get his revenge, only for him to fail & lose an arm to Shuzen's sister, Hotarubi. However, he's saved by Kagemaru, a member of the mysterious Shadow Clan of ninja, & the two manage to lead a resistance movement against Shuzen. This marks only the start of Jyutaro & Kagemaru's battles, both together & against each other, as things escalate all the way up to Oda Nobunaga himself.
Running time:
135 minutes
Vintage:
1967-02-15 (Japan)
Release dates: We have 2
Comment:
This movie was animated by photographing the original art from the manga.
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Director: Nagisa Oshima Script: Mamoru Sasaki Music: Hayashi Hikaru Original creator: Sanpei Shirato Director of Photography: Takada Akira Editing: Keiichi Uraoka | Akiko Koyama as Kei Yamamoto as Rokkō Toura as Fumio Watanabe as Hōsei Komatsu as Kei Satō as Noriko Matsumoto as Shigeru Tsuyuguchi as Yoshiyuki Fukuda as Fumio Watanabe as Hideo Kanze as Hikaru Hayashi as Nobuo Tanaka as Shoichi Ozawa as Toshirō Hayano as | |||
Production: Oshima Productions, Ltd. | ||||
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