About this season
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.
Episodes (27)
1. Hanzo, Inspired to Rise
Aired 1 October 1984 • 59 min
2. A Face Glows in the Dark
Aired 8 October 1984 • 59 min
3. The Deadly Smile
Aired 15 October 1984 • 59 min
4. A Request From the O'oku
Aired 22 October 1984 • 59 min
5. The Massacre of the Innocent
Aired 29 October 1984 • 59 min
6. A Kyoto Night Smells of Blood
Aired 5 November 1984 • 59 min
7. The Execution
Aired 12 November 1984 • 59 min
8. The Prostitutes in the Darkness
Aired 19 November 1984 • 59 min
9. Beware of a Pick-Up
Aired 26 November 1984 • 59 min
10. I'll Handle My Own Funeral
Aired 3 December 1984 • 59 min
11. Rintaro Attacked by Ryoma
Aired 10 December 1984 • 59 min
12. The Ground Spiders
Aired 17 December 1984 • 59 min
13. A Wonam's Curse is the Work of the Devil
Aired 24 December 1984 • 59 min
14. The Female Ninja's Trap
Aired 31 December 1984 • 59 min
15. The Battle of the Raccon and the Fox
Aired 7 January 1985 • 59 min
16. Farewell to the Female Ninja
Aired 14 January 1985 • 59 min
17. Edo Ripped by Three Witches
Aired 21 January 1985 • 59 min
18. Hanzo in a Pinch
Aired 28 January 1985 • 59 min
19. The Ruthless Woman
Aired 4 February 1985 • 59 min
20. The Murdered Man Laughs
Aired 11 February 1985 • 59 min
21. The Golden Mask and the Cave
Aired 18 February 1985 • 59 min
22. The Blonde Fights with a Gun
Aired 25 February 1985 • 59 min
23. The Woman in the Man
Aired 4 March 1985 • 59 min
24. The Revamped Beauty from Nagasaki
Aired 11 March 1985 • 59 min
25. The Phantom Child's Scream
Aired 18 March 1985 • 59 min
26. The Missing Thirteen Sailors
Aired 25 March 1985 • 59 min
27. Assassination of the Chief Minister - The Woman of Sakurada-Mon
Aired 1 April 1985 • 59 min