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Shadow Warriors

1980 · 5 seasons · 59m per episode · Drama, Action & Adventure

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.

Where to watch Shadow Warriors

Shadow Warriors is streaming in the US on Shout! Factory, Plex, Plex Channel and Tubi TV.

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Seasons

• Season 1 — 27 episodes (April 1, 1980)
• Season 2 — 26 episodes (June 1, 1981)
• Season 3 — 26 episodes (October 1, 1982)
• Season 4 — 27 episodes (October 1, 1984)
• Season 5 — 13 episodes (June 1, 1985)

Cast

• Sonny Chiba as Hattori Hanzō

Details

First aired

April 1, 1980

Episodes

119

Genres

Drama, Action & Adventure

Network

Fuji TV, Kansai TV and Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting

Status

Ended

TMDB score

8.0 / 10 from 4 votes