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Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja

77 %|Dec 15, 1957|Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Tadashi Sawashima
Director
Tadashi Ogawa
Screenplay
Naotake Fujimoto
Sound Recordist
Nagaki Yamagishi
Director of Photography
Hiroshi Watada
Lighting Technician
Kiyoshi Maeda
Art Direction
Shintarō Miyamoto
Editor
Nakaba Takahashi
Original Music Composer

Cast

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Sentarō Fushimi
Tozawa Torawakamaru
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Koinosuke Onoe
Yamashiro Dairikimaru
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Motoharu Ueki
Ishikawa Goroichi
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Hiroshi Yamate
Toyotomi Hideyori
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Chie Ueki
Fukushima Onene
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Nakajirō Tomita
Ishikawa Goemon
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Kinnosuke Takamatsu
Tozawa Hakunsai
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Yoshiko Yashioji
Fukushima Osai
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Tomiyasu Ikeda
Tokugawa Ieyasu
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Koji Arima
Honda Sado
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Masao Hori
Fukushima Masanori
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Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Momochi Sandayu
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Denjirō Ōkōchi
Toyotomi Hideyoshi