Features: DVD In 1651, during the Edo Period, the 11-year-old Ietsuna becomes the 4th Shogun, leading his influential chief retainers to plot against each other to take the reins of power. The Hattori family, a clan of Iga Ninjas who were former vassals and protectors of the previous Shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu, have since fallen from grace. Their third generation ancestor, Hattori Hanzo (Sonny Chiba) is now working as the master at public bathhouse in Edo City.
 Editor's Note
 Martial arts legend Sonny Chiba stars in the 1980s Japanese television series that inspired his character in Quentin Tarantino's KILL BILL. Set in 17th-century Edo Japan, SHADOW WARRIORS centers on disgraced ninja Hattori Hanzo (Chiba), who is working in a public bathhouse when he is called upon to fulfill his ancestral duty as protector of the newly installed shogun. Etsuko Shiomi, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Kenji Oba costar in this classic slice of martial arts television.
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