Masaaki Hatsumi: Living Ninja Legend

Masaaki Hatsumi: Living Ninja Legend

49 mins | Documentary | July 2, 2016

Ninjas are enduring, iconic figures of Japan. They were active about 500 years ago during the country's Warring States period. And these days, they're thought to be long gone. But centuries later, one ninja is still with us. 84-year-old Masaaki Hatsumi is a successor of the Togakure school. He teaches a supreme form of self-defense to more than 100,000 students around the world, including FBI agents and army personnel. Hatsumi can easily fend off attacks from these tough disciples and make them unmovable using just one finger. What is the essence of his astonishing art? This program investigates the hidden power of this ninja master.

Masaaki Hatsumi: Living Ninja Legend

49 mins | Documentary | July 2, 2016

Masaaki Hatsumi: Living Ninja Legend
Ninjas are enduring, iconic figures of Japan. They were active about 500 years ago during the country's Warring States period. And these days, they're thought to be long gone. But centuries later, one ninja is still with us. 84-year-old Masaaki Hatsumi is a successor of the Togakure school. He teaches a supreme form of self-defense to more than 100,000 students around the world, including FBI agents and army personnel. Hatsumi can easily fend off attacks from these tough disciples and make them unmovable using just one finger. What is the essence of his astonishing art? This program investigates the hidden power of this ninja master.
Producers NHK World
Original title Masaaki Hatsumi: Living Ninja Legend
Directors Fuyuhiko Nishi
Writers

Cast

Masaaki Hatsumi

as Himself

Jack Hoban

as Himself