Death Shadows (1986)
Released: 20 Sep 1986
Runtime: 114 Mins
Genre: Action Countries: Japan Languages: Japanese
Directed By: Hideo Gosha
Actors: Mariko Ishihara Masanori Sera Mari Natsuki Takuzō Kawatani Takeo Chii Pîtâ Naoto Takenaka Eitarō Ozawa Nagare Hagiwara Akiko Kana Ryûji Katagiri Kenichi Kato
Alternate Titles: 十手舞 jittemai
Three men sentenced to death are spared and changed into “shadows executioners”, a group of ruthless ninja working for mysterious high ranking officials. During their investigation on some illegal business, one of them, called “Yazuke the Viper”, finds his abandoned daughter, Ocho, who has now become a mistress of Denzo, a smuggler. After Yazuke’s death, Ocho is also recruited as a “shadows executioner”, with the task of completing her father’s mission.