Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja
忍術御前試合
Release: 1957-12-15
·Runtime: 63m
·★ 7.7
Action
Adventure
Fantasy
Drama
During 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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Toei Company
Cast
Sentarō Fushimi
as Tozawa Torawakamaru
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
as Momochi Sandayu
Koinosuke Onoe
as Yamashiro Dairikimaru
Motoharu Ueki
as Ishikawa Goroichi
A-suke Akita
Hiroko Sakuramachi
as Sagiri
Nakajirō Tomita
as Ishikawa Goemon
B-suke Akita
Koji Arima
as Honda Sado
Denjirō Ōkōchi
as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
