
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.
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Air Date: 1980-04-01
When a five-year old boy, Ietsuna, suddenly becomes the Shogun of Japan, numerous schemes to seize his power begin to...
Air Date: 1980-04-08
Under orders from the Kouga clan, a revenge-seeking female ninja, Okou, infiltrates the bathhouse that doubles as the...
Air Date: 1980-04-15
A minor clan comes to Edo looking for warriors to help them take over a castle. Hanzo is suspicious that dirty politi...
Air Date: 1980-04-22
After several loyal courts nobles are brutally murdered, Hoshima suspects a plot against the goverment is brewing in ...
Air Date: 1980-04-29
Under the guidance of a ninja hunter, the Tokushima clan is secretly gathering weapons and plotting a rebellion again...
Air Date: 1980-05-06
The Iga ninja of Nagasaki are accused of running an illegal opium ring to help fund a campaign against the government...
Air Date: 1980-05-13
A mysterious female thief is targeting Hoshina's allies. The perpetrator is none other than Hoshina's long-lost daugh...
Air Date: 1980-05-20
Against Okou's protests, Hanzo is determined to solve a mysterious spree of deaths surrounding both a brothel and the...
Air Date: 1980-05-27
When wildcat female ninja Kirara (played by Etsuko Shihomi of Sister Street Fighter fame) drops into Edo to visit her...
Air Date: 1980-06-03
Bathhouse employee Oume has been kidnapped and Hanzo discovers that the Kouga ninja are behind it. She is held prison...
Air Date: 1980-06-10
A ninja clan thought destroyed has returned to wipe out entire villages of Hanzo's iga clan. When Isaburou, an Iga ni...
Air Date: 1980-06-17
Daihachi and hyouroku catch a gang of burglars fleeing the scene of a crime. The perpetrators are members of the myst...
Air Date: 1980-06-24
One by one, members of the Iga clan fall prey to the supernatural powers of a frightening old hag. Hanzo connects the...
Air Date: 1980-07-01
A trio of villains orchestrates the kidnapping of the young lord Ietsuna. Hanzo and his Shadow Warriors try in vain t...
Air Date: 1980-07-08
Hanzo makes for his ancestral home to gather the Iga clan for an assault on the castle where young Ietsuna is being h...
Air Date: 1980-07-15
Someone is killing off the servants of the Annaka clan. Daihachi offers to help out a comely member of the clan by de...
Air Date: 1980-07-22
A rich old man from the Kansai area comes to Edo with intent to takeover the local businesses, including Hanzo's bath...
Air Date: 1980-07-29
Hidden villages are under attack by the Tenma, a dangerous clan who seeks to destroy the Iga using explosives. Now, a...
Air Date: 1980-08-05
Lovesick men are drowning themselves in the moat of a castle inhabited by Onatsu and Otama, two of the ex-Shogun's mi...
Air Date: 1980-08-12
When the Saijou clan is left without a leader, Hoshina asks Hanzo to help him find the clan's missing female heir. Ha...
Air Date: 1980-08-19
On the run from the Kouga clan, Okou seeks shelter in a remote temple. Meanwhile, Hanzo ventures to the countryside t...
Air Date: 1980-08-26
After unknown thieves try to rob a shipment of government gold, Hoshina sends Hanzo to guard the riches on their way ...
Air Date: 1980-09-02
Hanzo suspects a group of assassins for hire, known as the dark instigators, is behind a series of suspicious murders...
Air Date: 1980-09-09
Someone named "the dark lord" is killing important members of the government. Hoshina suspects the martial arts maste...
Air Date: 1980-09-16
Still on the run from Kouga ninja assassins Okou discovers that Hanzo's life is in danger and rushes to find him. Bac...
Air Date: 1980-09-23
A series of burglaries are being carried out with black pistols. After Oume is shot, Hanzo traces the guns to the mou...
Air Date: 1980-09-30
Just as peace seems to have fallen over Edo, the remaining Kouga ninja plan their final assault against the Shadow Wa...