Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja
movie

Released December 15, 1957
Overview
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.
Cast

Sentarō Fushimi
as
Tozawa Torawakamaru

Koinosuke Onoe
as
Yamashiro Dairikimaru

Motoharu Ueki
as
Ishikawa Goroichi
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Hiroshi Yamate
as
Toyotomi Hideyori
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Chie Ueki
as
Fukushima Onene

Hiroko Sakuramachi
as
Sagiri

Nakajirō Tomita
as
Ishikawa Goemon
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Kinnosuke Takamatsu
as
Tozawa Hakunsai

A-suke Akita

B-suke Akita
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Akira Kishii
as
Gonkuro
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Yoshiko Yashioji
as
Fukushima Osai
Crew
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Tadashi Ogawa
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Screenplay

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