Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja (1957)
1h 3m
Running Time
December 15, 1957Release Date
Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja (1957)
1h 3m
Running Time
December 15, 1957Release Date
Network & Production Companies

Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

Sentarō Fushimi
Tozawa Torawakamaru

Koinosuke Onoe
Yamashiro Dairikimaru

Motoharu Ueki
Ishikawa Goroichi

Hiroshi Yamate
Toyotomi Hideyori

Chie Ueki
Fukushima Onene

Hiroko Sakuramachi
Sagiri

Nakajirō Tomita
Ishikawa Goemon

Kinnosuke Takamatsu
Tozawa Hakunsai

A-suke Akita

B-suke Akita

Akira Kishii
Gonkuro

Yoshiko Yashioji
Fukushima Osai

Yachiyo Kirishima
Yodo

Tomiyasu Ikeda
Tokugawa Ieyasu

Junichirō Tanizaki
Writer

Koji Arima
Honda Sado

Masao Hori
Fukushima Masanori

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Momochi Sandayu

Denjirō Ōkōchi
Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Tadashi Sawashima
Director

Tadashi Ogawa
Screenplay

Nagaki Yamagishi
Director of Photography

Hiroshi Watada
Lighting Technician

Naotake Fujimoto
Sound Recordist

Kiyoshi Maeda
Art Direction

Shintarō Miyamoto
Editor

Nakaba Takahashi
Original Music Composer

Noboru Ono
Assistant Director
Media.

Details.
Release DateDecember 15, 1957
Original Name忍術御前試合
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 3m
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
ninja
period drama
Wiki.
Torawakamaru the Koga Ninja (忍術御前試合, Ninjutsu gozen-jiai) is a black-and-white Japanese film directed by Tadashi Sawashima.
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