Seventeen Ninja

Seventeen Ninja

1963
1h 39m
7.3

7.3/10

11 votes • View on IMDb

"A film as hidden as the ninja"

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).

Status: Released

Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
Toei Company
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Quick Facts

Original Title 十七人の忍者
Release Date July 6, 1963
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt2111406

Cast

Kōtarō Satomi
Kōtarō Satomi

Hanshiro Tsuge

Jūshirō Konoe
Jūshirō Konoe

Maguro Saiga

Yuriko Mishima
Yuriko Mishima

Kozue

Ryutaro Otomo
Ryutaro Otomo

Iga no Jingosa

Chiyonosuke Azuma
Chiyonosuke Azuma

Tokue Hanazawa
Tokue Hanazawa

Kunio Kaga
Kunio Kaga

Ryūji Shinagawa
Ryūji Shinagawa

Shunya Wazaki
Shunya Wazaki

Shinnosuke Ogata
Shinnosuke Ogata

Heitaro Gori
Heitaro Gori

Hajime Nagoya
Hajime Nagoya

Key Crew

Yasuto Hasegawa
Director
Kaneo Ikegami
Screenplay