

Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja
1957 Directed by Tadashi SawashimaDuring 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.

Sentarō Fushimi
....................................................Tozawa Torawakamaru

Koinosuke Onoe
....................................................Yamashiro Dairikimaru

Motoharu Ueki
....................................................Ishikawa Goroichi
Hiroshi Yamate
....................................................Toyotomi Hideyori
Chie Ueki
....................................................Fukushima Onene

Hiroko Sakuramachi
....................................................Sagiri

Nakajirō Tomita
....................................................Ishikawa Goemon
Director
...........................................................Tadashi Sawashima
Assistant Director
...........................................................Noboru Ono
Screenplay
...........................................................Tadashi Ogawa
Director of Photography
...........................................................Nagaki Yamagishi
Lighting Technician
...........................................................Hiroshi Watada
Sound Recordist
...........................................................Naotake Fujimoto
Art Direction
...........................................................Kiyoshi Maeda
Production Companies
...................................................Toei Company
Production Countries
........................................................Japan
Spoken Languages
....................................................日本語
Genres
....................................................Action
Adventure
Fantasy
Drama
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