Shadow Warriors (TV show)
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| Kage no Gundan: Hattori Hanzō | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Eiichi Kudō |
| Written by | Kōji Takada Seikō Shimura Takayuki Yamada |
| Starring | Teruhiko Saigō Tsunehiko Watase Ken Ogata |
| Cinematography | Tōru Nakajima |
| Editing by | Isamu Ichida |
| Distributed by | Toei Company |
| Release date(s) |  February 23, 1980 |
| Running time | 133 min |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Official website | |
| Hattori Hanzō: Kage no Gundan | |
|---|---|
| Format | action, adventure |
| Starring | Sonny Chiba Teruhiko Saigō |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| No. of episodes | 27 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes (per episode) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Fuji TV |
| Original run | April 1, 1980 – September 30, 1980 |
Shadow Warriors (影の軍団 Kage no Gundan) was a Japanese television jidaigeki show featuring Sonny Chiba that ran for four seasons in the early 1980s. Chiba played different characters in each series. In the first he played the Japanese ninja Hattori Hanzō III. In second he played Tsuge Shinpachi. In the third he played Tarao Hanzō. In the fourth he played Hattori Hanzō XV. In Shin Kage no Gundan, he played Hattori Hanzō II.
The complete first season of the show was released on April 17, 2007 on Region 1 DVD by BCI Home Entertainment.[1]
Contents |
[edit] Seasons:
- Kage no Gundan: Hattori Hanzō (1980) - a movie
- Hattori Hanzō: Kage no Gundan I (1980) - 27 episodes
- Kage no Gundan II (1981-1982) - 26 episodes
- Kage no Gundan III (1982) - 26 episodes
- Kage no Gundan IV: Bakumatsu Hen (1985) - 40 episodes
- Shin Kage no Gundan (2003) - 6 direct to video episodes
[edit] Notes
- ^ Lacey, Gordon (2007-02-01). Navarre Corporation's BCI to Release an Epic Samurai/Ninja Television Series Starring Sonny Chiba (English). TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-26.
