Tales of the Ninja

Tales of the Ninja (Band of Ninja)
Directed by Nagisa Ōshima
Screenplay by Nagisa Ōshima
Mamoru Sasaki
Based on Sanpei Shirato`s Ninja Bugeichō
Starring
Distributed by ATG
Release date
  • February 15, 1967
Running time
 123 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Tales of the Ninja (Japanese: 忍者武芸帳, Hepburn: Ninja Bugei-chō) (also known as Band of Ninja) is a 1967 Japanese film directed by Nagisa Ōshima. It is based on Sanpei Shirato's manga Ninja Bugeichō. Rather than being an animated adaption, Ōshima decided to simply shoot the panels of the manga in order, adding narration and zooming and panning techniques.

Plot

The son of a murdered feudal lord meets a renegade ninja helping peasants and farmers rebel against Oda Nobunaga.

Cast