Ishikawa Goemon (Ichikawa Raizo), a talented young ninja, becomes ensnared in a twisted scheme to assassinate Oda Nobunaga, an evil warlord bent on ruling feudal Japan with an iron fist. ...
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Title: Ninja, a Band of Assassins (1962)
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Raizô Ichikawa | ... | Ishikawa Goemon |
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Shiho Fujimura | ... | Maki |
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Yûnosuke Itô | ... | Sandayû Momochi |
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Katsuhiko Kobayashi | ... | Nobuo Oda |
| Tomisaburô Wakayama | ... | Oda Nobunaga (as Jô Kenzaburô) | |
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Yôko Uraji | ... | Hinona |
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Reiko Fujiwara | ... | Hata |
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Chitose Maki | ... | Tamo |
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Takeshi Katô | ||
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Kô Nishimura | ... | Kizaru |
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Yutaka Nakamura | ||
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Kuniichi Takami | ... | Kôtarô |
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Toshio Chiba | ||
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Ishikawa Goemon (Ichikawa Raizo), a talented young ninja, becomes ensnared in a twisted scheme to assassinate Oda Nobunaga, an evil warlord bent on ruling feudal Japan with an iron fist. Deceit, treachery, and entire gangs of enemy ninja lurk around every corner as Goemon travels the countryside to complete his task, win back his honor, and save his skin! Written by Anonymous
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Country:
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JapaneseRelease Date:
1 December 1962 (Japan) See more »Also Known As:
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This movie was seen in Japan in 1963 by author Roald Dahl, from which he got several ideas for the writing of the screenplay to the James Bond movie You Only Live Twice (1967). The scene where Goemon attempts to assassinate Nobunaga with poison was referred to in "You Only Live Twice" and "Grosse Pointe Blank". Several scenes shows Nobunaga petting his cats. This is also done by the villain Blofeld in "You Only Live Twice". See more »Quotes
Sandayû Momochi: [In his guise as Fujibayahi Nagato] A samurai's most prized virtue is the ability to indulge in shame. A Ninja, on the other hand, in order to complete a mission... must be crafty, deceptive, dishonest... and commit whatever vile deeds are necessary.See more »
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First I will say i have no clue if any of this is historical correct. I have watched it as pure fiction. From that point of view I have to say I was well entertained. It seemed like natural lives of ninjas depicted in the movie. So no flying ninjas here or anything really wild :-)
Acting was fine but not amazing. I think the action scenes was good and realistic for being a ninja movie. Characters are not very deep but fine to make the movie flow and not seem like cardboard characters.
At times I guess the movie slows down without getting boring while following the main characters personal life. So I guess I would recommend it to fans of Japanese cinema that likes samurai/ninja movies and do not require non stop action. I look forward to see the next movie in the series.