Seventeen Ninja

A film as hidden as the ninja

As the Shogun lays dying, seventeen Iga clan ninja are sent to infiltrate the impenetrable fortress where his youngest son is preparing to storm Edo Castle and name himself Shogun by force of arms. They are to either steal the documents that will eventually give him lawful claim to rulership, or they are to assassinate him. But even before they reach the castle walls, they find their every move countered by a ruthless ninja hunter in the employ of the would-be usurper (Konoe), who not only knows their every tactic but knows the exact make-up of their team thanks to his own spies within Edo Castle. As the Iga Ninja fall one by one, the mission's success or complete failure--where failure will result in a bloody war of succession--comes to hinge on a single young and inexperienced ninja (Kotaro).

Cast

Kōtarō Satomi

Hanshiro Tsuge

Jūshirō Konoe

Maguro Saiga

Yuriko Mishima

Kozue

Ryutaro Otomo

Iga no Jingosa

Chiyonosuke Azuma

Tokue Hanazawa

Kunio Kaga

Ryūji Shinagawa

Shunya Wazaki

Shinnosuke Ogata

Heitaro Gori

Hajime Nagoya