Includes all 13 episodes from Season Five of the popular Japanese television serial considered an unrivalled classic of the genre by martial arts and Samurai fans.
Filmed in black-and-white, the series was based in part on historical events, but it borrowed heavily from the Japanese historical romance genre. The producers compensated for its low budget by using real historical locations around Japan, including the imposing feudal castles from the era. Despite its massive popularity in Japan, Australia, and the Philippines, the series was not widely screened elsewhere and its fame remains largely restricted to those countries.
This series continues the search for the Hojo treasure. Shintaro now has the three mirrors, but they reveal only a map hidden in a cave at Hodogaya when placed in the appropriate slots in the wall. This map gives the location of a place called the Wind Fort.
At the Wind Fort, another map is found giving the location of a place called the Water Castle. At the Water Castle, a map is found giving the location of the Fire Tower, an underground cavern where the treasure is actually located. Most of this story follows Shintaro's efforts to discover these places before the Fuma Ninja do, and the Fuma's efforts to steal the maps from Shintaro.
THIRTEEN EPISODES ON FOUR DISCS
DISC 1: A Touch of Death - A Trap for Tombei - Taroza the Toad
DISC 2: Secret of the Wind Fort - The Barrier Gate - The Deserter
DISC 3: The Stolen Map - The Water Castle - A Narrow Escape
DISC 4: Return of Kitobo - Saved by a Ninja - Yaheiji the Typhoon - Fire Tower
STARRING: Koiichi Ose, Shunsuke Omori, Bin Amatsu
1964 - ENGLISH (Dubbed) - B&W - FULLSCREEN - 325 MINUTES
