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Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One Eyes

1963 • 1h26m Action, Drama

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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.

Details

Director

Junji Kurata

Screenplay

Shin Morita

Shinji Kessoku

Cast

Hiroki Matsukata

Kōtarō Satomi

Jūshirō Konoe

Release date

12/15/1963

Status

Released

Origin country

JP