# Demon Spies (1974)

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**Original title**: *鬼輪番*
**Runtime**: 86 min
**Genres**: Fantasy, Action
**Directed by**: Takashi Tsuboshima
**Written by**: Ei Ogawa, Takato Ishikawa
**Starring**: Masaomi Kondo, Toru Minegishi, Yutaka Mizutani, Keiko Aramaki, Keiji Takamine, Shin Kishida

> *If they're lucky, they die quickly!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You’re a child turned into a masked weapon in a remote mountain camp. The training is brutal and silent. Then you’re sent into a rival fief to sabotage an arsenal.

Director Takashi Tsuboshima frames the school as a cult where masks replace souls.

Shadowed lanterns flicker across training scrolls, leaving the body’s cost invisible.

**Mood tags**: dread, outsider, raw

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