Rent Shinobi: Band of Assassins / Revenge (1963)
3.6 of 5 from 46 ratings
3h 17min
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- Synopsis:
During a time of civil war in feudal Japan, the ninja clans of Iga rent out their services as spies and assassins. As various warlords scheme against each other, the most powerful among them, Oda Nobunaga (Tomisaburô Wakayama), is on a mission to unite Japan under his rule while eradicating the ninja threat. Goemon (Raizô Ichikawa) is a brash ninja-in-training who is forced into action when Oda's forces wipe out his clan and murders his wife and child. As he carries out a carefully nurtured plan of robbery and assassination, Goemon changes the course of history while rising to notoriety as a scourge for Oda and his generals. The first two Shinobi films are directed by Satsuo Yamamoto, based on the novels of Tomoyoshi Murayama. Both men's previous anti-authoritarian works had landed them into trouble with censors and the law, and their subversive and revolutionary new take on the ninja would go on to become a landmark success. - Actors:
- Raizô Ichikawa, Shiho Fujimura, Yûnosuke Itô, Katsuhiko Kobayashi, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Yôko Uraji, Reiko Fujiwara, Chitose Maki, Kyôko Kishida, Takeshi Katô, Kô Nishimura, Yutaka Nakamura, Kuniichi Takami, Toshio Chiba, Sônosuke Sawamura, Yoshi Katô, Kôichi Mizuhara, Shintarô Nanjô, Yûsaku Terashima, Shôzô Nanbu
- Directors:
- Satsuo Yamamoto
- Producers:
- Masaichi Nagata
- Writers:
- Tomoyoshi Murayama, Hajime Takaiwa
- Aka:
- (The Ninja) Shinobi no mono (Those That Are Unseen) / Shinobi: Revenge ( Ninja 2) Zoku shinobi no mono
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama
- Countries:
- Japan
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 27/05/2024
- Run Time:
- 197 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.43:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Interview with Shozo Ichiyama, artistic director of the Tokyo International Film Festival, about director Satsuo Yamamoto (2024, 14 mins)
