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Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One Eyes
0.0 / 10• 1963• 1h 26m•NR• Japanese
ActionDrama
Storyline
A wave of terror is threatening to unseat Shogun Yoshimune. Police stations are erupting into flames, convicts escaping from prison, houses robbed and vandalized, streets teeming with panicked citizens. Is Ijyuin Tanomo, highly-placed official of Owari clan, secretly using deadly ninja to foment riot and rebellion? Narumiya Shinbei, a lone samurai spy adept at ninjutsu must uncover the hidden hand orchestrating these shocking crimes. Shinbei enlists a small band of dedicated ninja to lay siege to the enemy’s stronghold, where his own sister works as an undercover agent. Now, ninja must fight ninja in a last desperate battle to save the shogunate.
Cast & Crew
Hiroki Matsukata
Shinbei
Lead
Kōtarō Satomi
Tokugawa Yoshimune
Jūshirō Konoe
Ijuin Yoromo
Ichirō Nakatani
Yakuro Teranishi
Kikuko Hojo
Kaede
Yuriko Mishima
Onui
Harumi Sone
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Koji Arima
Ito Kanzaemon
What People Are Saying
0.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Junji Kurata's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One Eyes is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
