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Shadow Warriors

1980–1985 · 5 seasons

A stately, sword-driven period adventure that trades on stoic heroes, shadowy intrigue and bursts of choreographed violence.

Genres
Drama, Action & adventure
Overview
Shadow Warriors is a Japanese television jidaigeki show featuring Sonny Chiba that ran for four seasons in the early 1980s. Chiba played different ninja characters in each series. In the first series he played Hattori Hanzō III, in second one he played Tsuge Shinpachi, in the third one he played Tarao Hanzō, in the fourth series and in Bakumatsu Hen, he played Hattori Hanzō XV. In the 2003 direct-to-DVD series Shin Kage no Gundan he played Hattori Hanzō I.
How it feels
Tense, earnest, dark and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Power, loyalty, betrayal, survival
Content
Strong violence. Mild gore and sexual content. No swearing.
Note
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How it feels

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Full breakdown
Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror2
Humour2
Realism5
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

Cast

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Details

Genres
drama, action & adventure
Created by
Akikazu Ota, Ikuo Sekimoto, Yūichi Harada, Yuji Makiguchi
Written by
Kinji Fukasaku, Toshio Ashizawa
Starring
Sonny Chiba, Renji Ishibashi, Naomi Hase, Etsuko Shihomi, Junichi Haruta, Hiroyuki Sanada, Nobuo Kaneko
Length
5 seasons, 119 episodes, 59 min each
Network
Fuji TV, Kansai TV, Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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