# Ninja, A Band of Assassins (1962)

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**Original title**: *忍びの者*
**Runtime**: 104 min
**Genres**: Action
**Directed by**: Satsuo Yamamoto
**Written by**: Hajime Takaiwa
**Starring**: Raizō Ichikawa, Yūnosuke Itō, Shiho Fujimura, Katsuhiko Kobayashi, Saburo Date, Kō Nishimura

> *The Film that made Ninjas legendary!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You live in feudal Japan as a young ninja. But then a powerful warlord rises to power. The film is set in a turbulent era.

**Mood tags**: outsider, raw

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