Shadow Warriors

Shadow Warriors

1980 · 5 seasons · 119 eps · ★ 8.0 · Drama, Action & Adventure

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Shadow Warriors is a Japanese television jidaigeki show featuring Sonny Chiba that ran for four seasons in the early 1980s. Chiba played different ninja characters in each series. In the first series he played Hattori Hanzō III, in second one he played Tsuge Shinpachi, in the third one he played Tarao Hanzō, in the fourth series and in Bakumatsu Hen, he played Hattori Hanzō XV. In the 2003 direct-to-DVD series Shin Kage no Gundan he played Hattori Hanzō I.

Directed by Akikazu Ota · Written by Kinji Fukasaku

Networks: Fuji TV, Kansai TV, Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting

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