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The Ninja Hunt

Original title: Ninja-gari
  • 1964
  • 1h 27m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
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The Ninja Hunt (1964)
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Four ex-samurai are hired to find and kill ninja infiltrators who are intent on destroying the Matsuyama clan.Four ex-samurai are hired to find and kill ninja infiltrators who are intent on destroying the Matsuyama clan.Four ex-samurai are hired to find and kill ninja infiltrators who are intent on destroying the Matsuyama clan.

  • Director
    • Tetsuya Yamanouchi
  • Writer
    • Kôji Takada
  • Stars
    • Jûshirô Konoe
    • Kei Satô
    • Shingo Yamashiro
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    95
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    • Director
      • Tetsuya Yamanouchi
    • Writer
      • Kôji Takada
    • Stars
      • Jûshirô Konoe
      • Kei Satô
      • Shingo Yamashiro
    • 2User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Jûshirô Konoe
    Jûshirô Konoe
    • Gorôzaemon Wadakura
    Kei Satô
    Kei Satô
    • Hachiemon Einaga
    Shingo Yamashiro
    • Shinzô Kakei
    Chôichirô Kawarasaki
    • Yajirô Amano
    Takahiro Tamura
    Takahiro Tamura
    • Tosa Aizawa
    Tôru Abe
    Tôru Abe
    • Kuze Yamato-no-kami
    Bin Amatsu
    • Kurando
    Noritaka Dan
    Naoko Fujiyama
    Naoko Fujiyama
    Minoru Hodaka
    Kikuko Hôjô
    Kunio Kaga
    Minken Karasawa
    Makoto Katagiri
    Mitsukazu Kawamura
    Kazutarô Kuni
    Harue Matsukaze
    Hachirô Minamoto
    • Director
      • Tetsuya Yamanouchi
    • Writer
      • Kôji Takada
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    7/10
    Tense And Exciting Ronins-Against-Ninja Movie
    The Gamo clan is one of the few powers outside the Shogunate. Naturally, the powers in Edo are trying to eliminate them. The old clan head is dying, but the young child who is to succeed him meets all the criteria, so a letter of approval has been sent. However, if the letter is destroyed before the Emperor's representative can arrives, the clan will be dissolved. Therefore the clan's chamberlain has hired half a dozen ronin, survivors of other outlawed clans, to stop that. They are facing not only dozens of ninjas sent by the Shogun under the command of Bin Amatsu, but agents already in place within the clan's halls.

    It's a cat-and-mouse game, but who are the cats and who are the mice? As the days tick by, and individuals are eliminated like pieces from a chessboard, desperation grows on both sides.

    The players are largely unfamiliar to me; we're not dealing with the old-line studios here, but Toei, which largely worked in cheaper productions, children's movies and television. Writer Kôji Takada's earlier works had largely been in the cheaper Toei series. It's Tetsuya Yamanouchi's debut as director. Likewise, Shigeru Akatsuka had never been the cinematographer of a story film before. They needed to make their bones with this movie, and they do, with a dark, tense effort.
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    • Release date
      • April 14, 1964 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • None
    • Also known as
      • 忍者狩り(1964)
    • Filming locations
      • Toho Studios, Tokyo, Japan
    • Production company
      • Toei Company
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      • ¥2,000,000 (estimated)
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      1 hour 27 minutes

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