“If they're lucky, they die quickly!”
Deep in the mountains of feudal Japan, a group of children endure cruel and unorthodox training in order to become the Shogunate's most secret and deadly weapons - the Demon Spies! Their true identities are hidden - even from each other. Behind their demon masks, they are educated in the deadly arts of infiltration, espionage, assassination - and seduction! If they survive to become strong enough to kill their teachers, they will become - the Demon Spies! Sent on a suicide mission to uncover a deadly conspiracy, five inexperienced Demon Spies must infiltrate a powerful fief, discover the location of its secret arsenal, and destroy it. But Lord Shogen, the Demon Hunter, plans to brutally interrogate, ingeniously torture, and cruelly execute - the Demon Spies!
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Cast
18 people
Masaomi Kondo
Uzujiko
Known for
Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen
The Pornographers
Toru Minegishi
Known for
Departures
Godzilla vs. Biollante
Yutaka Mizutani
Also in
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
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Keiko Aramaki
Koboshi
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Evil of Dracula
Terrifying Girls' High School: Animal Classmates
Keiji Takamine
Also in
Ultraman Ace
Ultraman Mebius & Ultra Brothers
Shin Kishida
Abbot Genkai
Known for
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
Shogun Assassin
Shōji Ōki
Known for
Kuroneko
Goyokin
Shūichirō Moriyama
Known for
Porco Rosso
Terror in Resonance
Shōzō Fukuyama
Known for
The Pornographers
Sanae Ôhori
Known for
Sister Street Fighter
The Transgressor
Yōichirō Kitagawa
Also in
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
Varan
Hiroshi Ayukawa
Also in
The Mother Tree
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Takashi Tsuboshima Director · Ei Ogawa Screenplay Takato Ishikawa Screenplay
First release February 9, 1974 · Produced in Japan · Production International Television Films, Toho Film (Eiga) Co. Ltd.
Production
TOHO
Production
International Television Films
Production
Toho Film (Eiga) Co. Ltd.
Production
Japan
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Original title
鬼輪番
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · February 9, 1974
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No release date listed for United States.
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