Ninja Assassins

1960 1h 23m JA

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★6.0TMDB · 1

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Synopsis

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Saotome Mondonosuke pursues the culprit who placed a malicious curse upon Shogun Tsunekichi.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Utaemon Ichikawa
Saotome Mondonosuke
Kōtarō Satomi
So Yamamura
Satomi Oka
Kogiku Hanayagi
Keiko Okawa
Isao Yamagata
Yataro Kurokawa

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Sadatsugu Matsuda
Writers: Shinji Kessoku, Mitsuzō Sasaki
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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

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ERA

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66 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Bored Hatamoto Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda, shot by Shintarō Kawasaki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Saburo Tominaga. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Shintarō Miyamoto shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Utaemon Ichikawa and Kōtarō Satomi and So Yamamura carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt9460798 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Sadatsugu Matsuda directs. Shintarō Kawasaki behind the camera. Saburo Tominaga scores. Shintarō Miyamoto cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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183 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
266 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Bored Hatamoto Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda, shot by Shintarō Kawasaki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Saburo Tominaga. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Shintarō Miyamoto shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Utaemon Ichikawa and Kōtarō Satomi and So Yamamura carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt9460798 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.