[Period covered: 1616] Kirigakure Saizo (Mist Saizo) returns for the final time as he sets out to assassinate Tokugawa Ieyasu in order to avenge the death of Lord Sanada Yukimura. But first he must contend with Ieyasu’s own ninja group led by the powerful Fuma Daijuro, who has a score to settle with the men of Iga that dates back 280 years to the war between the Genji and the Heike at the Battle of Dan-no-Ura. Tremendous fighting and great plot twists highlight this exceptional look into the lives of the mysterious ninja of Japan.
Released: Feb 12, 1966
Runtime: 86 minutes
Stars: Raizō Ichikawa, Takahiro Tamura, Yūko Kusunoki, Shiho Fujimura, Saburo Date, Asao Uchida
Crew: Hitoshi Obuchi (Assistant Director), Kazuo Mori (Director), Ichirō Saitō (Producer), Hajime Takaiwa (Screenplay), Hiroshi Imai (Director of Photography), Seiichi Ôta (Art Direction)