Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies backdrop

Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies 1966 Directed by Kazuo Ikehiro 新書・忍びの者

[Period Covered: 1570-1573] Towards the end of the Tenmon Era, Shogun Ashikaga`s powers were weakening by the day and many were there who planned to overthrow him. It was the beginning of the Sengoku (Warring States) period. Three men attack a gunpowder maker in a farmhouse, the first chopping off his arm with his sickle-&-chain weapon, the second blinding him with sword, the third giving the killing blow. His son Kojiro Kosume escapes the attackers as everything he has known up to then explodes into conflagration. He grows up & enters the start of the Tokugawa Era, intent on avenging his father.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gnere Action
Production Company Daiei Film
Release Date 10 December 1966
86 mins