Tales of the Ninja
1967 Japanese film by Nagisa Ōshima
| Tales of the Ninja (Band of Ninja) | |
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| Directed by | Nagisa Ōshima |
| Screenplay by | Nagisa Ōshima Mamoru Sasaki |
| Based on | Sanpei Shirato`s Ninja Bugeicho Kagemaruden |
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| Distributed by | ATG |
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Running time | 123 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Tales of the Ninja (Japanese: 忍者武芸帳, Hepburn: Ninja Bugeichō) (also known as Band of Ninja) is a 1967 Japanese film directed by Nagisa Ōshima. It is based on Sanpei Shirato's manga Ninja Bugeichō.[1][2][3][4] Rather than being an animated adaption, Ōshima decided to simply shoot the panels of the manga in order, adding narration and employing zooming and panning techniques.
Plot
The son of a murdered feudal lord meets a renegade ninja helping peasants and farmers rebel against Oda Nobunaga.[5]
Cast
- Yuki Jutaro - Kei Yamamoto
- Akemi - Akiko Koyama
- Oda Nobunaga- Hikaru Hayashi
- Toyotomi Hideyoshi - Fumio Watanabe
- Akechi Mitsuhide - Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
- Kagemaru - Rokko Toura
References
- ^ "忍者武芸帳". eiga.com. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- ^ "忍者武芸帳". all.cinemas. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- ^ "忍者武芸帳". Agency for Cultural Affairs 映画情報システム. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ "忍者武芸帳とは". kotobank. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ "Tales of the Ninja". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
External links
- Tales of the Ninja at IMDb
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Films directed by Nagisa Ōshima
- A Town of Love and Hope (1959)
- Cruel Story of Youth (1960)
- The Sun's Burial (1960)
- Night and Fog in Japan (1960)
- The Catch (1961)
- Violence at Noon (1966)
- Tales of the Ninja (1967)
- Double Suicide: Japanese Summer (1967)
- Death by Hanging (1968)
- Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (1968)
- Three Resurrected Drunkards (1968)
- Boy (1969)
- The Man Who Left His Will on Film (1970)
- The Ceremony (1971)
- In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
- Empire of Passion (1978)
- Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
- Max, Mon Amour (1986)
- Taboo (1999)
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