17 Nin no Ninja [Priced-down Reissue]

[Machine Translation] ["Toei The Classic" Series #24] Everything is a weapon! Everywhere is a battlefield! Seventeen shadows strike terror into the ironclad castle! This ninja action film depicts a tense and suspenseful 30-day battle between the 17 Koga ninjas and the Negoro ninjas who intercept the 17 Koga ninjas as they pursue a letter of rebellion hidden within Sunpu Castle. The film depicts with a touch of realism the precise division of roles among the seventeen members of the Iga ninja clan, who were secretly ordered by the shogunate, and their self-sacrificing team play as dummies and decoys to achieve their goal. The film stars Otomo Ryutaro as the leader of the Iga ninja San-no-gumi, followed by Kotaro Satomi, Chiyonosuke Azuma, Ryuji Shinagawa, Kunio Kaga, Tokuei Hanazawa, Toshiya Wasaki, and Yuriko Mishima. Konoe Jushiro plays the role of the leader of the Negoro Ninja, who is intercepted, and shows his brilliance with sword and strategy. Other prominent actors include Koshiro Harada, Kyushuo Abe, and Kenji Usueda. The screenplay was written by Kaneko Ikegami, cinematography by Motoya Washio, and directed by up-and-coming Yasuto Hasegawa, who made his debut with "Yagyu Bugeicho: Katame Suigetsu no Ken. --In the 8th year of the Kan'ei Era, the second shogun, Hidetada, was seriously ill, and the time of Iemitsu was about to arrive. However, Iemitsu's younger brother, Tadanaga, is gathering letters of rebellion from 11 feudal lords in the western part of the country, and is showing some eerie movements....

Special Feature / Bonus Track: photo gallery, trailer(s)

["東映・ザ・定番 "シリーズ 第24弾] 全てが武器だ! 至るところが戦場だ! 鉄壁の城に恐怖を叩き込む十七の影! 駿府城内に隠された謀叛連判状を狙う甲賀忍者十七人、それを迎え撃つ根来忍者との緊迫とサスペンスに満ちた三十日間の攻防戦を描く忍者アクション巨編。幕閣から密命を受けた伊賀三ノ組十七人の緻密な役割分担と、ダミー、囮という自己犠牲の下に目的を達成するチームプレーを、新鋭長谷川安人監督がリアリズム・タッチで描破、東映忍者路線を決定づけた忍者映画の傑作。出演は伊賀忍者三ノ組組頭に大友柳太朗が扮し、以下、里見浩太郎、東千代之介、品川隆二、加賀邦男、花沢徳衛、和崎俊也、三島ゆり子がメンバーで活躍。迎え撃つ根来忍者首領に近衛十四郎が扮して剣と作戦の冴えを見せている。他に原田甲子郎、阿部九州男、薄田研二など錚々たる顔ぶれ。脚本は池上金男、撮影はわし尾元也、監督は「柳生武芸帳 片目水月の剣」でデビューした新鋭長谷川安人。――寛永八年、二代目将軍秀忠の病は重く、家光の時代が来ようとしていた。だが家光の実弟忠長は駿府城にあって、西国外様大名十一家の謀叛連判状を集め、不気味な動きを見せていた・・・。

映像特典: フォトギャラリー、予告編