Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One Eyes

Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One Eyes (1963)

月影忍法帖　二十一の眼

A wave of terror is threatening to unseat Shogun Yoshimune. Police stations are erupting into flames, convicts escaping from prison, houses robbed and vandalized, streets teeming with panicked citizens. Is Ijyuin Tanomo, highly-placed official of Owari clan, secretly using deadly ninja to foment riot and rebellion? Narumiya Shinbei, a lone samurai spy adept at ninjutsu must uncover the hidden hand orchestrating these shocking crimes. Shinbei enlists a small band of dedicated ninja to lay siege to the enemy’s stronghold, where his own sister works as an undercover agent. Now, ninja must fight ninja in a last desperate battle to save the shogunate.

Date of release
1963-12-15
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
Action, Drama
Director
Junji Kurata

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