Shadow Warriors (TV show)

Infobox Film
name = Kage no Gundan: Hattori Hanzō


caption =
director = Eiichi Kudō
producer =
writer = Kōji Takada
Seikō Shimura
Takayuki Yamada
starring = Teruhiko Saigō
Tsunehiko Watase
Ken Ogata
music =
cinematography = Tōru Nakajima
editing = Isamu Ichida
distributor = Toei Company
released = flagicon|Japan February 23, 1980
runtime = 133 min
country = Japan
language = Japanese
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website = http://www.toei-video.co.jp/data/hs/vcatalog_dvd/item/200609/dstd02609.html
amg_id =
imdb_id =

Infobox Television


show_name = Hattori Hanzō: Kage no Gundan
format = action, adventure
runtime = 60 minutes (per episode)
country = Japan
network = Fuji TV
num_episodes = 27
creator =
starring = Sonny Chiba
Teruhiko Saigō
first_aired = April 1, 1980
last_aired = September 30, 1980

"Shadow Warriors" (影の軍団 "Kage no Gundan") was a Japanese television "jidaigeki" show featuring Sonny Chiba that ran for four seasons in the early 1980s. Chiba played different characters in each series. In the first he played the Japanese ninja Hattori Hanzō III. In second he played Tsuge Shinpachi. In the third he played Tarao Hanzō. In the fourth he played Hattori Hanzō XV. In "Shin Kage no Gundan", he played Hattori Hanzō II.

The complete first season of the show was released on April 17, 2007 on Region 1 DVD by BCI Home Entertainment. [cite web |last=Lacey|first=Gordon|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Shadow-Warriors/6870|title=Navarre Corporation's BCI to Release an Epic Samurai/Ninja Television Series Starring Sonny Chiba|date=2007-02-01|accessdate=2007-12-26|publisher=TVShowsOnDVD.com|language=English]

Seasons:

*"Kage no Gundan: Hattori Hanzō" (1980) - a movie
*"Hattori Hanzō: Kage no Gundan I" (1980) - 27 episodes
*"Kage no Gundan II" (1981-1982) - 26 episodes
*"Kage no Gundan III" (1982) - 26 episodes
*"Kage no Gundan IV: Bakumatsu Hen" (1985) - 40 episodes
*"Shin Kage no Gundan" (2003) - 6 direct to video episodes

Notes

References

* [http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1980/dd000490.htm Japanese Movie Database]
* [http://www.qzc.co.jp/DORAMA_CGI/DORAMA1.exe?AFLG=&TARGET1=TITLE%2CNAME&KEY1=%89e%82%CC%8CR%92c&MODE1=SYNONYM&TARGET2=CAST&KEY2=&MODE2=SYNONYM&TARGET3=ENSHUTSU%2CPRODUCER%2CKIKAKU%2CSEISAKU%2CKYAKUHON%2CGENSAKU%2CART%2CTECNIQUE&KEY3=&MODE3=SYNONYM&TARGET4=ETC&KEY4=&MODE4=SYNONYM&TARGET5=GENSAKU&KEY5=&MODE5=SYNONYM&CHK=AND&ACTION=%8C%9F%8D%F5%82%F0%82%B7%82%E9 TV Drama Database]

External links

*imdb title|id=0182601
*imdb title|0182600|Kage no Gundan III
*imdb title|0182602|Kage no Gundan IV: Bakumatsu hen