Band of Ninja

Band of Ninja

135 mins | Drama, Action, Animation, War | Feb. 15, 1967

A young boy joins a band of ninja during a peasant uprising, all depicted through an experimental form of filming pages from the original manga set to sound.

Band of Ninja

135 mins | Drama, Action, Animation, War | Feb. 15, 1967

Band of Ninja
A young boy joins a band of ninja during a peasant uprising, all depicted through an experimental form of filming pages from the original manga set to sound.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers Art Theatre Guild, Sozosha, Oshima Productions
Original title 忍者武芸帳
Directors Nagisa Ōshima
Writers Sanpei Shirato, Mamoru Sasaki, Nagisa Ōshima

Cast

Rokkō Toura

as Kagemaru

Kei Satō

as Sakagami Shuzen

Kei Yamamoto

as Yûki Jûtarô

Hōsei Komatsu

as Onkichi

Noriko Matsumoto

as Hotarubi