Samurai Season 4: Black Ninja (Japanese TV, 1962-65) three DVD set NEW/SEALED

It sees the return of Gensai the Wolf, who joins the Black Ninja (Yami Hōshi – literally Black Priest) group of Kōga Ninja led by Hakuunsai. The story revolves around an attempt to sign up disgruntled daimyō (feudal domain lords, called “landowners” in the series) in a political plot against the central government to install the young lord of the Owari clan as the new shogun. To further their aims the Black Ninja begin killing “secret samurai” in Edo and in the provinces to expose the elaborate system of spies that the shogunate employs to keep tabs on the domain lords. The Black Ninja hope that by doing this they can foment anger and dissatisfaction with the government and induce the clans to join in the plot. Shintarō foils all of the Black Ninja’s plans, obtains the scroll containing the signatures of the plotters and eventually uncovers the instigator of the conspiracy and the true identity of Hakuunsai. Finally, in a great act of chivalry he saves the Owari clan from certain annihilation by destroying the proof of the plot against the shogunate.

DIRECTORS Sadao Funatoko, Tōru Toyama CAST Ose Koichi, Fuyukichi Maki

CONDITION New/Sealed
COUNTRY OF MANUFACTURE Australia
REGION 4 (please ensure your machine will play the disc)
LABEL Siren Visual
NUMBER OF DISCS 3
RUNNING TIME 325 mins
SPECIAL FEATURES None
LANGUAGE(S) Japanese, English
SUBTITLES English
ASPECT RATIO 1.33:1
RATING M