Tales of the Ninja

Tales of the Ninja (Japanese: 忍者武芸帳, Hepburn: Ninja Bugeichō) (also known as Band of Ninja) is a 1967 Japanese film directed by Nagisa Ōshima. It is based on Sanpei Shirato's manga Ninja Bugeichō.^[1][2][3][4] Rather than being an animated adaption, Ōshima decided to simply shoot the panels of the manga in order, adding narration and employing zooming and panning techniques.

Tales of the Ninja (Band of Ninja)
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Nagisa Ōshima
Screenplay by	Nagisa Ōshima Mamoru Sasaki
Based on	Sanpei Shirato`s Ninja Bugeicho Kagemaruden
Starring	Kei Yamamoto Akiko Koyama Kei Satō Fumio Watanabe Hikaru Hayashi Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
Distributed by	ATG
Release date	February 15, 1967 (1967-02-15)
Running time	123 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Plot

The son of a murdered feudal lord meets a renegade ninja helping peasants and farmers rebel against Oda Nobunaga.^[5]

Cast

• Yuki Jutaro - Kei Yamamoto
• Akemi - Akiko Koyama
• Oda Nobunaga- Hikaru Hayashi
• Toyotomi Hideyoshi - Fumio Watanabe
• Akechi Mitsuhide - Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
• Kagemaru - Rokko Toura