THE RED SHADOW
Directed by: Shigehiro Ozawa
Starring : Hashizo Okawa, Ryutaro Otomo, Jushiro Konoe
Fifteen years after Ishida Mitsunari lost in the battle of Sekigahara, Tokugawa
Ieyasu foresees his unavoidable battle with Toyotomi Hideyori and goes into
Fushimi Castle.
At the night, Hattori Hanzo, the leader of 36 Iga members who
were performing as guards of the castle, perceives the existence of a ninja and
captures the sneaker. Unexpectedly, the ninja turns out to be a woman, and
Hanzo rapes her. Years later, when the nation is under the rule of Iemitsu, the
third Tokugawa shogunate, a magician pair of a mother and her child appears in
a busy area in Edo.
The mother is the woman ninja, who is actually a daughter of
Mitsunari. The pair of mother and son ninjas is waiting for the opportunity to take
revenge. They learn the opportunity has come, hearing that Iemitsu will hold a
martial arts tournament on the premises of one of his direct retainer, Mizuno
Jurozaemon. The winner will be awarded with 10 swords that were captured from
Toyotomi family’s warehouse. Wakakage, the son ninja, sneaks into the
mansion of Ono Jirouemon, a sword instructor of the shogunate and a judge of
the tournament, and copies the written proceeding of the tournament. Then, he
goes back to his mother, who orders him to steal the 10 swords!
1961 Color Widescreen
Japanese with English subtitles
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