Product Description

Sudden Death Comes In Threes!

Based on the manga by Saito Takao (Golgo-13)
Directed by Masuda Toshio (Tora! Tora! Tora!)
Starring the legendary Ishihara Yujiro (Incident at Blood Pass)

During the corrupt rule of the Tokugawa government, three cold-blooded killers live only to deliver death to their elusive prey — ninjas! These are the Shadow Hunters.

A simple task becomes deadly when the three assassins are hired to ensure that a vital deed is safely delivered to Edo. Along the way, ninja, double-agents, and sexy female assassins will team up to deliver a deed of their own — a dirty deed of death to the Shadow Hunters!

DVD Features:
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Presented in Anamorphic Widescreen
Japanese with English Subtitles

Bonus Material Includes:
Original Theatrical Trailers for: Shadow Hunters, Echo of Destiny (Shadow Hunters II) & Demon Spies
Image Gallery
Interactive Program Notes

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #70913 in DVD
• Brand: Animeigo
• Released on: 2005-10-04
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: Japanese
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 90 minutes

Customer Reviews

Shadow Hunters part One - Worth the wait.
Just received part one of the 1972 Toho film SHADOW HUNTERS a film that I have been waiting a long time to see. Animeigo has done another terrific job with this one as part of their Samurai film series from Japan on DVD. Can you imagine three cold blooded killers being sent on a mission which is constantly interrupted by ninja, female assassins, and corrupt officials all desiring a deed these three are trying to deliver to Edo? Lots and lots of blood and violence before they ride off one final time into the sunset. The hand to hand combat with scores of ninja is worth the price alone as they battle in some really terrific moves toward their objective. Easy to read subtitles make this journey even more enjoyable. And just think part two with even more action will be released soon. This thirty plus years wait has been well worth it!

If you though that NINJA SCROLL was cool...THEN TAKE A LOOK AT THIS ONE!!!!!!!!!!
MAN!!! What A movie!! This "Ninja vs. Samurai" film IS SOOOO ACTION-PACKED and is HIGH QUALITY. The action scenes were very well choreoghraphied, there is blood and gore, cool fights between samurais and ninjas, COOL ninja tricks, beautiful cinematoghraphy, GREAT acting and not to mention it's interesting story,...I mean, three samurais wandering around the country killing enemies for money and wanted DEAD by an army of ninjas. COOOOL!!!!!

I remember the high quality action-packed fantasy anime called Ninja Scroll that have a similar concept witch is about a wanderer swordman that is also wanted DEAD by an army of ninjas. WELL!! The concept is similar but this movie is NOT fantasy and is about three wanderer swordmen fighting an army of ninjas.

P.S: Another cool stuf is that the director is a celebrity because he is the one that directed TORA!TORA!TORA! If you like COOL action-packed samurai movies directed by celebrities then I recommend Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades and Zatoichi: Darkness is his Ally.

Adios.

Shadow Hunters DVD
This is good entertainment with the gift of hidden bits that require rewatching. It has grit and comredy mixed well.