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Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja

Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja

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Overview

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.

Directed by Tadashi Sawashima
Written by Tadashi Ogawa
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Top Cast

Sentarō Fushimi

Sentarō Fushimi

Tozawa Torawakamaru

Koinosuke Onoe

Koinosuke Onoe

Yamashiro Dairikimaru

Motoharu Ueki

Motoharu Ueki

Ishikawa Goroichi

H

Hiroshi Yamate

Toyotomi Hideyori

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Chie Ueki

Fukushima Onene

Hiroko Sakuramachi

Hiroko Sakuramachi

Sagiri

Nakajirō Tomita

Nakajirō Tomita

Ishikawa Goemon

K

Kinnosuke Takamatsu

Tozawa Hakunsai

A-suke Akita

A-suke Akita

B-suke Akita

B-suke Akita

Themes & Keywords

ninjaperiod drama

About Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja

Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja is a action, adventure, fantasy, drama film released in 1957 exploring themes of ninja, period drama. Directed by Tadashi Sawashima, it stars Sentarō Fushimi, Koinosuke Onoe, Motoharu Ueki. 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.

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