Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja

Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja

63 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure, Fantasy | Dec. 15, 1957

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.

Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja

63 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure, Fantasy | Dec. 15, 1957

Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja
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.
Producers Toei Company, Ltd.
Original title 忍術御前試合
Directors Noboru Ono, Tadashi Sawashima
Writers Tadashi Ogawa

Cast

Sentarô Fushimi

as Tozawa Torawakamaru

Koinosuke Onoe

as Yamashiro Dairikimaru

Motoharu Ueki

as Ishikawa Goroichi

Hiroshi Yamate

as Toyotomi Hideyori

Chie Ueki

as Fukushima Onene

Hiroko Sakuramachi

as Sagiri

Nakajirô Tomita

as Ishikawa Goemon

Kinnosuke Takamatsu

as Tozawa Hakunsai

Akira Kishii

as Gonkuro

Yoshiko Yashioji

as Fukushima Osai

Tomiyasu Ikeda

as Tokugawa Ieyasu

Koji Arima

as Honda Sado

Masao Hori

as Fukushima Masanori

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

as Momochi Sandayu

Denjirō Ōkōchi

as Toyotomi Hideyoshi