Tales of the Ninja explained

Tales of the Ninja (Band of Ninja)
Director:	Nagisa Ōshima
Screenplay:	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
Distributor:	ATG
Runtime:	123 minutes
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese

(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.

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 忍者武芸帳. eiga.com. 3 November 2018.
2. Web site: 忍者武芸帳. all.cinemas. 3 November 2018.
3. Web site: 忍者武芸帳. Agency for Cultural Affairs 映画情報システム. 11 January 2021.
4. Web site: 忍者武芸帳とは. kotobank. 11 January 2021.
5. Web site: Tales of the Ninja. Kinema Junpo. 27 December 2020.