Show Info

Status: Ended
First Aired: April 1, 1980
Seasons: 5
Episodes: 119
Networks: Fuji TV
Genres: Drama, Action & Adventure

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Shadow Warriors(1980)

TMDB Rating: 8.0 (4 votes)

Overview

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.

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Season 1

27 episodes • 1980

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Tigers Sharpen Their Claws in a Storm	Apr 1, 1980
2	A Female Leopard, Hiding in the Dark	Apr 8, 1980
3	A Devil Called Oushu Highway	Apr 15, 1980
4	The Spring of Kyoto: The Trick of the Black Teeth	Apr 22, 1980
5	Soft Skin Sunk Into a Whirlpool	Apr 29, 1980
6	The Woman Disappeared Into the Port	May 6, 1980
7	The Target is a Mystery Woman	May 13, 1980
8	Infiltration! The Ladie's Chambers Night and Day	May 20, 1980
9	The Female Ninja's May in Shadows	May 27, 1980
10	The Black Hair Burned With the Grudge	Jun 3, 1980
11	A Bride and a Murderous Fiend	Jun 10, 1980
12	Kill Night Spiders Even If They Are Parents	Jun 17, 1980
13	Midnight Beauty	Jun 24, 1980
14	The Shogun Disappeared! The Plot of the Female Foxes	Jul 1, 1980
15	Mysterious Priest, Inviting Hell	Jul 8, 1980
16	Don't Get Involved With Dangerous Women	Jul 15, 1980
17	The Living Shadow Shogun	Jul 22, 1980
18	The Killer in the Eyes	Jul 29, 1980
19	Palace of the Bloodsucking Woman	Aug 5, 1980
20	I'm Going to be Killed!	Aug 12, 1980
21	Hiding! The Hole of Snakes	Aug 19, 1980
22	The Dreadful Instigator	Aug 26, 1980
23	The Red Eyes of the Snake Are a Death Sentence	Sep 2, 1980
24	Shudder! Sacrifice of the Virgin	Sep 9, 1980
25	The Trick Ceiling of the Tragic Love	Sep 16, 1980
26	The Ominous Place; The Cursed Flute	Sep 23, 1980
27	Intrusion! 24 Hours in the Woman's Bath	Sep 30, 1980

Season 2

26 episodes • 1981

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Eye for an Eye	Jun 1, 1981
2	The Vampire Killer	Jun 8, 1981
3	The Human Sacrifice	Jun 15, 1981
4	The Mother Who Vanished	Jun 22, 1981
5	Courtiers Secret Treasure Map	Jun 29, 1981
6	Woman Who Vanished in the Spirit World	Jul 6, 1981
7	Episode 7	Jul 13, 1981
8	Episode 8	Jul 20, 1981
9	Episode 9	Jul 27, 1981
10	Episode 10	Aug 3, 1981
11	Episode 11	Aug 10, 1981
12	Episode 12	Aug 17, 1981
13	Episode 13	Aug 24, 1981
14	Episode 14	Aug 31, 1981
15	Episode 15	Sep 7, 1981
16	Episode 16	Sep 14, 1981
17	Episode 17	Sep 21, 1981
18	Episode 18	Sep 28, 1981
19	Episode 19	Oct 5, 1981
20	Episode 20	Oct 12, 1981
21	Episode 21	Oct 19, 1981
22	Episode 22	TBA
23	Episode 23	TBA
24	Episode 24	TBA
25	Episode 25	TBA
26	Episode 26	TBA

Season 3

26 episodes • 1982

#	Episode	Air Date
1	The Man With Two Faces	Oct 1, 1982
2	A Client from the Dark	Oct 8, 1982
3	Beware of Undercover Ninja	Oct 15, 1982
4	The Red Shadow That Disappeared in Owari	Oct 22, 1982
5	The Shadowless Man	Oct 29, 1982
6	The Face in the Dark	Nov 5, 1982
7	The Female Spy from the South	Nov 12, 1982
8	Killers in the Women's Prison	Nov 19, 1982
9	Disguises and Poison	Nov 26, 1982
10	Lullaby of Death	Dec 3, 1982
11	The Mysterious She-Panther	Dec 10, 1982
12	Target of Evil	Dec 17, 1982
13	The Secret of the Lady Boss	Dec 24, 1982
14	Search for the Female Phantom	Dec 31, 1982
15	The Girl Who Feared the Dark	Jan 7, 1983
16	The Killers Vanished Thrice	Jan 14, 1983
17	The Ghost of the Full Moon	Jan 21, 1983
18	The Living Dead	Jan 28, 1983
19	Demon of Vengeance	Feb 4, 1983
20	The Haiku Murders	Feb 11, 1983
21	The Huntress of Man	Feb 18, 1983
22	The Baby from Hell	Feb 25, 1983
23	Osuzu's Last Battle	Mar 4, 1983
24	The Imposter's Trap	Mar 11, 1983
25	The Nun's Conspiracy	Mar 18, 1983
26	Farewell, Shadow Warriors	Mar 25, 1983

Season 4

27 episodes • 1984

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Hanzo, Inspired to Rise	Oct 1, 1984
2	A Face Glows in the Dark	Oct 8, 1984
3	The Deadly Smile	Oct 15, 1984
4	A Request From the O'oku	Oct 22, 1984
5	The Massacre of the Innocent	Oct 29, 1984
6	A Kyoto Night Smells of Blood	Nov 5, 1984
7	The Execution	Nov 12, 1984
8	The Prostitutes in the Darkness	Nov 19, 1984
9	Beware of a Pick-Up	Nov 26, 1984
10	I'll Handle My Own Funeral	Dec 3, 1984
11	Rintaro Attacked by Ryoma	Dec 10, 1984
12	The Ground Spiders	Dec 17, 1984
13	A Wonam's Curse is the Work of the Devil	Dec 24, 1984
14	The Female Ninja's Trap	Dec 31, 1984
15	The Battle of the Raccon and the Fox	Jan 7, 1985
16	Farewell to the Female Ninja	Jan 14, 1985
17	Edo Ripped by Three Witches	Jan 21, 1985
18	Hanzo in a Pinch	Jan 28, 1985
19	The Ruthless Woman	Feb 4, 1985
20	The Murdered Man Laughs	Feb 11, 1985
21	The Golden Mask and the Cave	Feb 18, 1985
22	The Blonde Fights with a Gun	Feb 25, 1985
23	The Woman in the Man	Mar 4, 1985
24	The Revamped Beauty from Nagasaki	Mar 11, 1985
25	The Phantom Child's Scream	Mar 18, 1985
26	The Missing Thirteen Sailors	Mar 25, 1985
27	Assassination of the Chief Minister - The Woman of Sakurada-Mon	Apr 1, 1985

Season 5

13 episodes • 1985

#	Episode	Air Date
1	The Yankee Girl's Adventure	Jun 1, 1985
2	Beware of the Woman with the Missing Sing	Jun 8, 1985
3	A Love Rekindled	Jun 15, 1985
4	The Man I Loved Was a Radical	Jun 22, 1985
5	The Order to Blow Up Edo Castle	Jun 29, 1985
6	Kill 'Em All	Jul 6, 1985
7	Love Letter From a Dangerous Man	Jul 13, 1985
8	The Bell in the Dark	Jul 20, 1985
9	The Sad Fate of the Woman Warriors	Jul 27, 1985
10	The Liberator Was a Devil	Aug 3, 1985
11	The Soy Falls in Love	Aug 10, 1985
12	A Samurai Dies in the Field	Aug 17, 1985
13	Kage for Eternity	Aug 24, 1985

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