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
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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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Koji Arima
Honda Sado
Sentarō Fushimi
Tozawa Torawakamaru
Motoharu Ueki
Ishikawa Goroichi
Masao Hori
Fukushima Masanori
Hiroshi Yamate
Toyotomi Hideyori
Yachiyo Kirishima
Yodo
Chie Ueki
Fukushima Onene
Hiroko Sakuramachi
Sagiri
Tadashi Sawashima
Director
Tadashi Ogawa
Writer
Nakajirō Tomita
Ishikawa Goemon
Junichirō Tanizaki
Writer
Kinnosuke Takamatsu
Tozawa Hakunsai
Akira Kishii
Gonkuro
Koinosuke Onoe
Yamashiro Dairikimaru
Yoshiko Yashioji
Fukushima Osai
Details.
Release DateDecember 15, 1957
Original Name忍術御前試合
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 3m
Genres
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.