Kage no Gundan: Hattori Hanzo 1980

Name: Kage no Gundan: Hattori Hanzo
Released: 1980-02-23
Cast: Teruhiko Saigō, Mikio Narita, Ken Ogata, Sō Yamamura, Aiko Morishita

Synopsis:

The tale takes place around 1650, after the death of the third Tokugawa shogun, when ronin were expelled from Edo, the military capital. During the political instability following the death of Iemitsu Tokugawa, Hanzo's Iga ninja clan battles against the Koga clan as various factions vie to seize power. The child shogun Ietsuna is kidnapped but turns out to be hidden under (or over) everyone's noses in a castle turret which is reinforced by a comic book villain, the fire-spitting black ninja. The good ninja has to get through all the traps & save the child.

Directed by:	Eiichi Kudo
Written by:	Takayuki Yamada
Release date:	1980-02-23
Runtime:	133 minutes
Tagline:	Eiichi Kudo's strangest film that started the Shadow Warriors ball rolling