TV series / 1980

Shadow Warriors

Episode directors Akikazu OtaIkuo SekimotoYuji MakiguchiYūichi Harada

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Akinori MatsuoHitoshi ŌzuYoshiyuki KurodaYoshiki OnodaRyuichi TakamoriHiroki HayashiSadao NakajimaMasato KameokaKaten OkabayashiEiichi KudōKinji Fukasaku

DramaAction & adventure

★ 8.0/10Audience rating

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 …

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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.