Shadow Warriors (1980)

04/01/1980 (JP) • 59m

Drama, Action & Adventure

Overview

Shadow Warriors is a Japanese television jidaigeki show featuring Sonny Chiba that ran for four seasons in the early 1980s. Chiba played different ninja characters in each series. In the first series he played Hattori Hanzō III, in second one he played Tsuge Shinpachi, in the third one he played Tarao Hanzō, in the fourth series and in Bakumatsu Hen, he played Hattori Hanzō XV. In the 2003 direct-to-DVD series Shin Kage no Gundan he played Hattori Hanzō I.

Top Billed Cast

Sonny Chiba

Hattori Hanzō

119 Episodes


Last Season

Season 5

1985 | 13 Episodes

Season 5 of Shadow Warriors premiered on June 1, 1985.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Scripted

Original Language

Japanese

Keywords

ninja

jidaigeki

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