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Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja (1957)

Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja (1957)

Action Drama Adventure Fantasy
Release Date: 1957, December 15
Directors: Tadashi Sawashima
Countries: Japan
Production: Toei Company
Cast: Nakajirō Tomita, Ryūnosuke Tsukigata, Masao Hori, Denjirō Ōkōchi, Kinnosuke Takamatsu, Chie Ueki, Hiroko Sakuramachi, Koji Arima, Yachiyo Kirishima, Koinosuke Onoe, Yoshiko Yashioji, Sentarō Fushimi

Overview:

During the Age Of Wars (Sengoku Era), Tokugawa Ieyasu and Toyotomi Hideyoshi are vying for power and each uses their secret weapons in order to try and defeat the other. Momochi Sandayu of the Iga, along with his disciple Ishikawa Goemon are ordered by Ieyasu to assassinate Hideyoshi and get the blueprints for the hidden fortress within Osaka Castle. Meanwhile the Koga group organizes to try and defend the castle for the peace of the nation. Beating off every trick from Sandayu, Torawakamaru protects the drawing, and when Ieyasu figures out a way to hold a match between Koga and Iga the two masters fight the greatest ninja battle ever held. The effects are truly spectacular in this classic ninja film from Toei.

Keywords:

period drama ninja