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The first ninja movies were silent films. Title Release Date Jiraiya Goketsu Monogatari (児雷也豪傑譚話): 1912.10.15 Jiraiya (児雷也): 1914.03.01 Jiraiya (児雷也) ...
The Order of Musashi Shinobi Samurai is a Japanese shinobisamurai clan which served Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Edo Shogunate from 1582 to 1868. They served the Tokugawa Shogunate as intelligence operatives called onmitsu (undercover agents), and metsuke (inspectors), and in the 19th century, as diplomats.
Shinobi no Mono [1] 1963: New Tale of Zatoichi: 1964: Three Outlaw Samurai: 1965: Sword of the Beast: 1966: Come Drink with Me: The Sword of Doom: Dragon Inn: 1967: The One-Armed Swordsman: Eleven Samurai: 1969: Return of the One-Armed Swordsman: 1970: The Chinese Boxer: Vengeance: 1971: The Big Boss (a.k.a. Fists of Fury) Billy Jack: The Chase ...
A system of rank existed: a jōnin rank ("upper person"), followed by the chūnin rank ("middle person"), whose task was to be a personal assistant to the jōnin, and genin rank ("lower person"), field agents drawn from the lower class for field operations. [22] Ninja trainees also studied survival, poisons and explosives. [23]
Later Hōjō clan (後北条氏) – also known as Hōjō clan or Go-Hōjō clan; descended from Kanmu Heishi; no direct relation to the regent Hōjō clan or Kitajō clan . Mon of the Hosokawa clan Honma clan ( 本間氏 ) – also known as Homma clan or Honma clan of Sado ; cadet branch of Yokoyama clan who descended from Ono no Takamura ...
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Incessant warfare broke out in the region 14th century and neighboring daimyo posed external threats to Iga. These threats and the banditry necessitated that the local jizamurai (high-ranking peasant warriors) form an alliance and develop specialized combat, espionage, and guerilla warfare skills in order to restore peace and order to the province.
Hattori Hanzō (服部 半蔵, c. 1542 [1] – January 2, 1597) or Second Hanzō, nicknamed Oni no Hanzō (鬼の半蔵, Demon Hanzō), [2] was a famous samurai of the Sengoku era, who served the Tokugawa clan as a general, credited with saving the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu and then helping him to become the ruler of united Japan.