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87 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

As the power of the Tokugawa Shogunate becomes firm, Hattori Hanzo struggles against Sarutobi Sasuke and Sanada Yukimura. At the same time, Sasuke and Yukimura are plotting a new trick with the Satsuma clan ....
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

Sonny Chiba
Hattori Hanzo I

Hiroki Matsukata
Sarutobi Sasuke

Bunta Sugawara
Tokugawa Leyasu

Kimika Yoshino
Koran

Masahiro Kuranuki

Masakatsu Funaki

Hidekazu Ichinose
Chikage Natsuyama
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Takeshi Miyasaka directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.
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A collection of six films that were a direct-to-video release between 2003 and 2005, as a continuation of the famous TV series from the '80s. This time Sonny Chiba praises his role as the great Hattori Hanzō I, and his struggle to gather the Iga Shadow Warriors against Koga & Fuma ninjas and the political conspiracies. It is worth noticing that Hiroki Matsukata takes the other leading role in his unique personification of Sarutobi Sasuke. The first 5 films are a unity in terms of the story, however, the last film has become an independent story about who sides with the enemy Zensaku.
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