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Seventeen Ninja (1963)
Directed by Yasuto Hasegawa
Overview
As the Shogun lays dying, seventeen Iga clan ninja are sent to infiltrate the impenetrable fortress where his youngest son is preparing to storm Edo Castle and name himself Shogun by force of arms. They are to either steal the documents that will eventually give him lawful claim to rulership, or they are to assassinate him. But even before they reach the castle walls, they find their every move countered by a ruthless ninja hunter in the employ of the would-be usurper (Konoe), who not only knows their every tactic but knows the exact make-up of their team thanks to his own spies within Edo Castle. As the Iga Ninja fall one by one, the mission’s success or complete failure—where failure will result in a bloody war of succession—comes to hinge on a single young and inexperienced ninja (Kotaro).
Length 99 minutes
Actors
Kotaro Satomi | Jûshirô Konoe | Yuriko Mishima | Ryutaro Otomo | Chiyonosuke Azuma | Tokue Hanazawa | Kunio Kaga | Ryûji Shinagawa | Shunya Wazaki | Shinnosuke Ogata | Heitaro Gori | Hajime Nagoya | Ryôji Kôzuki | Masao Hori | Kôshirô Harada | Kinji Nakamura | Kusuo Abe | Kenji Kusumoto | Kôtarô Nirei | Minken Karasawa | Yoshiki Oyamada | Kazutarô Kuni | Kenji Susukida