Japan / Dec 15, 1963
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Koji Arima | Ito Kanzaemon |
| Kenjiro Uemura | Ryusai |
| Akio Kobori | Sakon Matsudaira |
| Kyōnosuke Murai | Hayato Sakai |
| Hiroshi Fujikawa | Naizen Ota |
| Masuo Kamiki | Akizuki |
| Minken Karasawa | Okuda |
| Kentaro Ozato | |
| Yôichi Ôyama | Jogasaki |
| Jun Harukawa | Ina |
| Kuniomi Kitani | Yamaya |
| Kunijirō Yanagi | Kunijiro Yanaki |
| Mitsukazu Kawamura | Sagara Kazaemon |
| Eiji Minakata | Mitamura Hyoma |
| Koji Kiyomura | Miyoshi |
| Ikkō Ōkuni | Kamon |
| Tokumaro Dan | Hakuten |
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| Keiichi Taki | Bontenmaru |
| Kiyoshi Tomomura | Judayu |
| Heitaro Gori | Left Shiba |
| Katsuro Ito | Majiro |
Genres
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | 月影忍法帖 二十一の眼 |
| Original language | 日本語 (JA) |
| Spoken languages | 日本語 |
| Production countries | Japan |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Toei Company |
| Release date | 15 dicembre 1963 |
| Writer | Futaro Yamada, Shin Morita, Shinji Kessoku |
| Editing | Tadao Kanda |
| Cinematography | Takeo Itō |
| Assistant directors | Junji Kurata |
| Lighting | Yoshikazu Inoue |
| Camera operators | Takeo Itō |
| Additional photography | Takeo Itō |
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| Production design | Tsuneo Daimon |
| Art direction | Tsuneo Daimon |
| Set decoration | Tsuneo Daimon |
| Music | Hajime Kaburagi, Naotake Fujimoto |
| Sound | Naotake Fujimoto, Hajime Kaburagi |
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