A wave of terror is threatening to unseat Shogun Yoshimune. Police stations are erupting into flames, convicts escaping from prison, houses robbed and vandalized, streets teeming with panicked citizens. Is Ijyuin Tanomo, highly-placed official of Owari clan, secretly using deadly ninja to foment riot and rebellion? Narumiya Shinbei, a lone samurai spy adept at ninjutsu must uncover the hidden hand orchestrating these shocking crimes. Shinbei enlists a small band of dedicated ninja to lay siege to the enemy’s stronghold, where his own sister works as an undercover agent. Now, ninja must fight ninja in a last desperate battle to save the shogunate.
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Cast
28 people
Hiroki Matsukata
Shinbei
Known for
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Kōtarō Satomi
Tokugawa Yoshimune
Known for
Legal High
Jūshirō Konoe
Ijuin Yoromo
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Seventeen Ninja
Ichirō Nakatani
Yakuro Teranishi
Known for
Harakiri
Yojimbo
Kikuko Hojo
Kaede
Also in
Sakura Official
The Ghost of the One Eyed Man
Yuriko Mishima
Onui
Known for
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
Harumi Sone
Known for
Gozu
Graveyard of Honor
Koji Arima
Ito Kanzaemon
Also in
The Red Shadow
Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
Kenjiro Uemura
Ryusai
Known for
The Quiet Duel
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Akio Kobori
Sakon Matsudaira
Known for
Rodan
Kyōnosuke Murai
Hayato Sakai
Also in
Oxen Split Torturing
Eleven Samurai
Hiroshi Fujikawa
Naizen Ota
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A Town of Love and Hope
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Junji Kurata Director · Shin Morita Screenplay Shinji Kessoku Screenplay
First release December 15, 1963 · Produced in Japan · Original title 月影忍法帖 二十一の眼
Production
Toei Company
Production
Japan
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Original title
月影忍法帖 二十一の眼
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · December 15, 1963
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No release date listed for United States.
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