Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo (影の軍団　服部半蔵) 44 years old

Eiichi Kudo's strangest film that started the Shadow Warriors ball rolling

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.

Credits

So Yamamura as Masayuki Hoshina

Ken Ogata as Koga Shiro Samurai

Teruhiko Saigō as Upper Hanzo

Tsunehiko Watase as Lower Hanzo

Mikio Narita as Matsudaira Izu Mamoru Nobutsuna

Aiko Morishita as Chisato (Orie)

Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo Cast

Name	Character
So Yamamura He was 69, 90 years old when he died	as Masayuki Hoshina
Ken Ogata He was 42, 71 years old when he died	as Koga Shiro Samurai
Teruhiko Saigō He was 33, now 77 years old	as Upper Hanzo
Tsunehiko Watase He was 35, 72 years old when he died	as Lower Hanzo
Mikio Narita He was 45, 55 years old when he died	as Matsudaira Izu Mamoru Nobutsuna
Aiko Morishita She was 21, now 66 years old	as Chisato (Orie)

Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo Crew

Name	Department
Eiichi Kudo as Director. He was 50 (71) years old when He died	Directing

Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo (44 years)