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Shadow Warriors

1980–1985, Japanese, on Fuji TV & Kansai TV.

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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Seasons
5
Episodes
119
Episode length
59 min
Status
Ended in 1985

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Shadow Warriors is streaming on Shout! Factory in India.

Availability in India as of 3 November 2026. Streaming data by JustWatch.

Latest episode

S5 E13: Kage for Eternity

Aired 24 August 1985

Seasons 5

Details

First aired
1 April 1980
Last aired
24 August 1985
Network
Fuji TV, Kansai TV, Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting
Original title
服部半蔵 影の軍団
Language
Japanese
Country
Japan
Type
Scripted
ninjajidaigeki

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Shadow Warriors has 5 seasons and 119 episodes, about 59 minutes each.

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Shadow Warriors is streaming on Shout! Factory in India. (Checked 3 November 2026.)

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If you liked Shadow Warriors, try Last Samurai Standing, Basilisk, Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas.

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