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.
Released: Dec 15, 1963
Runtime: 86 minutes
Stars: Hiroki Matsukata, Kotaro Satomi, Jūshirō Konoe, Ichirō Nakatani, Kikuko Hojo, Yuriko Mishima
Crew: Junji Kurata (Director), Hajime Kaburagi (Original Music Composer), Tadao Kanda (Editor), Naotake Fujimoto (Sound Recordist), Yoshikazu Inoue (Lighting Technician), Shin Morita (Screenplay)