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Release Date:
February 9, 1974
Original Title:
鬼輪番
Alternate Titles:
Les mercenaires du démon
Oniwaban
Genres:
Action | Fantasy
Production Companies:
International Television Films, Inc.
TOHO
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 86
Deep in the mountains of feudal Japan, a group of children endure cruel and unorthodox training in order to become the Shogunate's most secret and deadly weapons - the Demon Spies! Their true identities are hidden - even from each other. Behind their demon masks, they are educated in the deadly arts of infiltration, espionage, assassination - and seduction! If they survive to become strong enough to kill their teachers, they will become - the Demon Spies! Sent on a suicide mission to uncover a deadly conspiracy, five inexperienced Demon Spies must infiltrate a powerful fief, discover the location of its secret arsenal, and destroy it. But Lord Shogen, the Demon Hunter, plans to brutally interrogate, ingeniously torture, and cruelly execute - the Demon Spies!
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Art Direction:
Kazuo Takenaka
Author:
Kazuo Koike
Director:
Takashi Tsuboshima
Director of Photography:
Yasushi Ichihara
Editor:
Ume Takeda
Lighting Technician:
Seishichi Kojima
Original Music Composer:
Masaru Satō
Screenplay:
Ei Ogawa
Takato Ishikawa
Sound Recordist:
Tetsuo Segawa
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