KAGE NO GUNDAN
(SHADOW WARRIORS)

SEASON 2

Starring SONNY CHIBA

JAPANESE SAMURAI COMPLETE Season 2
13 DISCS - 26 EPISODES

REMASTERED PRINT - UNCUT!

ABOUT THE SERIES: In 1751, while hunting in the Iga mountains, former Iga Ninja Shinpachi Tsuge stumbles upon a wounded man, who, before dying, entrusts him with a scroll. Shortly thereafter, the Shiina group, a band of Koga Ninja responsible for the man's death, arrive on the scene and demand that Shinpachi give them the scroll. Refusing to betray the dying man's final wish, Shinpachi battles the Shiina group and escapes to his village. There he examines the scroll and discovers that it contains 26 handprints and some strange foreign writing. Before he can decipher it any further, he is surprised to see his long-lost sister Okiri arrive. Dressed as a nun, Okiri asks Shinpachi to give her the scroll and to forget what he witnessed. Seeing that Okiri's attendants include Misato Shiina, female leader of the Shiina Ninja group, and her men, Shinpachi reluctantly agrees to give his sister the scroll. Some time later Shinpachi visits Gennai Hiraga, a local scholar and doctor. Together they are able to decipher the meaning of the scroll: the 26 handprints belong to a group of conspirators who made a pact with Tadamitsu Oka to ensure that Ieshige Tokugawa becomes the next Shogun. By appointing Ieshige as Shogun, Oka will be able to wield great power and essentially rule the country from behind the scenes, and thus he is called the "Dark Shogun". But before this can be accomplished, Ieshige's brother Yoshiharu, who is set to become the next Shogun, must be eliminated. Oka meets with Shinpachi and asks him to assassinate Yoshiharu, promissing that if he does his Iga group will be permitted to return to their former post as Shogunate agents. Shinpachi refuses saying that although poor, the Iga prefer to live in peace. Angered by this, Oka has one of the Shiina Ninja assassinate Yoshiharu and frame the Iga Ninja group for the deed. This leads to the mass extermination of the Iga villagers with only a handful of survivors able to escape. Led by Shinpachi, the Iga survivors Gohei, Tsuruzô, Otoki, Utanosuke, Koroku and Ryûkichi form a band of "Kage no Gundan" (Shadow Warriors) who begin a quest for justice and vengeance against Oka and his 26 followers. Also helping them on their quest is Gennai and a thief named Hayate Kozô (Hayate Kid).

TITLES OF THE EPISODES:
1. AN EYE FOR AN EYE
2. THE VAMPIRE KILLER
3. THE HUMAN SACRIFICE
4. THE MOTHER WHO VANISHED
5. THE COURTIER'S SECRET TREASURE MAP
6. THE WOMAN WHO VANISHED IN THE SPIRIT W
7. ATTACK OF THE SCORPION
8. THE RED-LIPPED NUNS
9. DEADLY EMBRACE
10. CAMELLIA FROM A GHOST
11. THE SMOKE OF DEATH
12. CATCH THAT GIRL
13. THE TERRIFIED WIFE
14. BEAUTY IN THE NIGHT
15. A LOVE DOOMED
16. THE QUEEN BEE STINGS TWICE
17. BIRD OF FIRE
18. A BLACK WOLF CRIES IN THE NIGHT FOG
19. THE GREAT PURSUIT
20. THE HANDPRINT FROM THE BATHOUSE
21. THE GIRL WITH THE JAMISEN
22. THE DESPERATE GAMBLE
23. THE SECRET OF THE WOMAN'S PALACE
24. THE TWO-FACES ART OF KUNO-ICHI
25. IGA -VS- KOGA: THE LAST BATTLE
26. THE HEAD OF O'OKA

FEATURING: Sonny Chiba, Jun Eto, Mayumi Asaka, Hikaru Kurozaki, Ryusuke Sakitsu, Shotaro Hayashi, Kyoichi Sato, Kirin Kiki.

LANGUAGE: Japanese language with excellent English subtitles.

SPECS: FULLSCREEN (4:3) format - Region ALL NTSC - 13 DISCS WITH 2 EPISODES PER DISCS - REMASTERED PRINT

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