Animation ·Drama ·Action ·War · Japan · 1967 · 2h 0m

Band of Ninja

忍者武芸帳

Band of Ninja poster
Director
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 Hideo Kanze as Kamiizumi Nobutsuna
Crew
Akira Takada — Director of Photography Hikaru Hayashi — Original Music Composer Mamoru Sasaki — Screenplay Nagisa Ōshima — Screenplay Sanpei Shirato — Writer Masayuki Nakajima — Producer
Synopsis

The son of an assassinated feudal lord, in the Muromachi period, attempts to avenge his father's death and meets Kagemaru, a renegade ninja helping peasants and farmers rebel against Oda Nobunaga's regime, all depicted through an experimental form of filming pages from the original manga set to sound.

Mood & Themes
based on comicninjabased on manga
Key Collaborators
Nagisa Ōshima Director Akira Takada Director of Photography Hikaru Hayashi Original Music Composer Mamoru Sasaki Screenplay Nagisa Ōshima Screenplay Sanpei Shirato Writer Masayuki Nakajima Producer Nagisa Ōshima Producer Takuji Yamaguchi Producer
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