Ninja Bugei-chou
Alternative Titles
Synonyms
Ninja Bugeicho
Ninja bugei-cho
Ninja Bugeichou
Band of Ninja
Tales of the Ninja
Japanese
忍者武芸帳
English
Manual of Ninja Martial Arts
Information
Type
MovieAired
Feb 15, 1967
Episodes
1
Duration
2 hr 15 min
Studios
Status
Finished Airing
Source
Manga
Rating
R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
Genres
ActionThemes
Demographics
Statistics
Rank
12002
Score
5.5
Scored by
402
Popularity
11887
Members
1945
Favorites
4
External Links
Synopsis
Also known as Manual of Ninja Martial Arts, the only animation from Japanese New Wave maestro Nagisa Oshima is as provocative as one would expect from such a remarkable filmmaker. The film follows Sanpei Shirato's classic comic story about the son of an assassinated feudal lord in the Muromachi period, who attempts to avenge his father's death and meets Kagemaru, a renegade ninja helping peasants and farmers rebel against Oda Nobunaga's regime.