
Tom Thumb(1958)
A boy, no bigger than a thumb, manages to outwit two thieves determined to make a fortune from him.


Adapted from Sanpei Shirato's classic manga, a legend unfolds as Watari, a young boy skilled in ninjutsu, takes on the corruption inside the Iga clan and avenges many unjustly killed ninja by the acts of Sandayu Momochi's scheming vice-leader.
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Yoshinobu Kaneko
Watari

Chiyoko Honma
Tsuyuki
Fuyukichi Maki
Shikanme

Kunio Murai
Shindo no Kotaro

Asao Uchida
Momochi Sandayu

Minoru Ōki

Ryutaro Otomo
Otowa no Kido
Toshitaka Itō

Rookie Shin-ichi

Kenji Kusumoto
Watari, the Ninja Boy is a music, adventure, fantasy, family film released in 1966. Directed by Sadao Funatoko, it stars Yoshinobu Kaneko, Chiyoko Honma, Fuyukichi Maki. Adapted from Sanpei Shirato's classic manga, a legend unfolds as Watari, a young boy skilled in ninjutsu, takes on the corruption inside the Iga clan and avenges many unjustly killed ninja by the acts of Sandayu Momochi's scheming vice-leader.
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