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The Best Episodes of Shadow Warriors Season 1

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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Shadow Warriors Season 1 Episode 1 - Tigers Sharpen Their Claws in a Storm
    7.6/10(7 votes)

    #1 - Tigers Sharpen Their Claws in a Storm

    S1:E1

    When a five-year old boy, Ietsuna, suddenly becomes the Shogun of Japan, numerous schemes to seize his power begin to hatch. The Shogun's trusted guardian, Hoshina, secretly asks the leader of the exiled Iga ninja clan, Hattori Hanzo, to help protect the stability of the nation.

    Director:Yoshiyuki Kuroda
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Shadow Warriors Season 1 Episode 2 - A Female Leopard, Hiding in the Dark
    9.0/10(5 votes)

    #2 - A Female Leopard, Hiding in the Dark

    S1:E2

    Under orders from the Kouga clan, a revenge-seeking female ninja, Okou, infiltrates the bathhouse that doubles as the Shadow Warrior's secret base. Meanwhile, a wild Iga ninja causes trouble for Hanzo by refusing to remain in hiding.

    Director:Yoshiyuki Kuroda
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Shadow Warriors Season 1 Episode 3 - A Devil Called Oushu Highway
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #3 - A Devil Called Oushu Highway

    S1:E3

    A minor clan comes to Edo looking for warriors to help them take over a castle. Hanzo is suspicious that dirty politics are involved, but is convinced by Okou to help lend his arm in battle despite the hopeless odds.

    Director:Eiichi Kudō
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Shadow Warriors Season 1 Episode 4 - The Spring of Kyoto: The Trick of the Black Teeth
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #4 - The Spring of Kyoto: The Trick of the Black Teeth

    S1:E4

    After several loyal courts nobles are brutally murdered, Hoshima suspects a plot against the goverment is brewing in Kyoto. The Shadow Warriors leave Edo to try and stop the conspirators. But will Okou's desire for revenge ruin everything?

    Director:Akinori Matsuo
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Shadow Warriors Season 1 Episode 5 - Soft Skin Sunk Into a Whirlpool
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #5 - Soft Skin Sunk Into a Whirlpool

    S1:E5

    Under the guidance of a ninja hunter, the Tokushima clan is secretly gathering weapons and plotting a rebellion against the government. A bloody civil war will break out unless the Shadow Warriors can sneak into enemy territory and disrupt the plot.

    Director:Yuji Makiguchi
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Shadow Warriors Season 1 Episode 6 - The Woman Disappeared Into the Port
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #6 - The Woman Disappeared Into the Port

    S1:E6

    The Iga ninja of Nagasaki are accused of running an illegal opium ring to help fund a campaign against the government. Hanzo and the Shadow Warriors venture to Nagasaki's foreign quarter to try and prove their clan's innocence.

    Director:Akinori Matsuo
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Shadow Warriors Season 1 Episode 7 - The Target is a Mystery Woman
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #7 - The Target is a Mystery Woman

    S1:E7

    A mysterious female thief is targeting Hoshina's allies. The perpetrator is none other than Hoshina's long-lost daughter who has allied herself with his enemies. Hanzo must help repair the rift between parent and child before tragedy strikes.

    Director:Yuji Makiguchi
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Shadow Warriors Season 1 Episode 8 - Infiltration! The Ladie's Chambers Night and Day
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #8 - Infiltration! The Ladie's Chambers Night and Day

    S1:E8

    Against Okou's protests, Hanzo is determined to solve a mysterious spree of deaths surrounding both a brothel and the Imperial court. He uncovers a complex blackmail scheme targeting some of the most powerful merchants and nobles of Edo.

    Director:Akikazu Ota
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Shadow Warriors Season 1 Episode 9 - The Female Ninja's May in Shadows
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - The Female Ninja's May in Shadows

    S1:E9

    When wildcat female ninja Kirara (played by Etsuko Shihomi of Sister Street Fighter fame) drops into Edo to visit her uncle Hanzo, the Kouga ninja try to draw her into a trap using her old flame as the bait.

    Director:Akikazu Ota
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Shadow Warriors Season 1 Episode 10 - The Black Hair Burned With the Grudge
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - The Black Hair Burned With the Grudge

    S1:E10

    Bathhouse employee Oume has been kidnapped and Hanzo discovers that the Kouga ninja are behind it. She is held prisoner while Minaguchi and his reckless younger brother lure Hanzo into a fateful duel with the revenge-seeking Okou.

    Director:Ikuo Sekimoto
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Shadow Warriors Season 1 Episode 11 - A Bride and a Murderous Fiend
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - A Bride and a Murderous Fiend

    S1:E11

    A ninja clan thought destroyed has returned to wipe out entire villages of Hanzo's iga clan. When Isaburou, an Iga ninja in hiding, is taken captive, Hanzo must find a way to remove him from his enemies' seemingly impenetrable base.

    Director:Ikuo Sekimoto
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Shadow Warriors Season 1 Episode 12 - Kill Night Spiders Even If They Are Parents
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - Kill Night Spiders Even If They Are Parents

    S1:E12

    Daihachi and hyouroku catch a gang of burglars fleeing the scene of a crime. The perpetrators are members of the mysterious Tsuchigumo clan whose well-connected leader wants revenge on the Iga ninja for interfering with his schemes.

    Director:Yoshiyuki Kuroda
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Shadow Warriors Season 1 Episode 13 - Midnight Beauty
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - Midnight Beauty

    S1:E13

    One by one, members of the Iga clan fall prey to the supernatural powers of a frightening old hag. Hanzo connects these baffling events to a vengeful enemy who once used sorcery against his ancestors.

    Director:Yoshiyuki Kuroda
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Shadow Warriors Season 1 Episode 14 - The Shogun Disappeared! The Plot of the Female Foxes
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - The Shogun Disappeared! The Plot of the Female Foxes

    S1:E14

    A trio of villains orchestrates the kidnapping of the young lord Ietsuna. Hanzo and his Shadow Warriors try in vain to rescue the young Shogun before a successor replaces him. But a mysterious clan of evil ninja stands in their way.

    Director:Yuji Makiguchi
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Shadow Warriors Season 1 Episode 15 - Mysterious Priest, Inviting Hell
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - Mysterious Priest, Inviting Hell

    S1:E15

    Hanzo makes for his ancestral home to gather the Iga clan for an assault on the castle where young Ietsuna is being held captive. Little does Hanzo know that the order has been given to kill the child as soon as he sets foot in the enemy stronghold!

    Director:Yuji Makiguchi
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Shadow Warriors Season 1 Episode 16 - Don't Get Involved With Dangerous Women
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - Don't Get Involved With Dangerous Women

    S1:E16

    Someone is killing off the servants of the Annaka clan. Daihachi offers to help out a comely member of the clan by delivering and important letter for her, but he gets mixed up along the way with a traveling group of female entertainers in league with the enemy.

    Director:Akikazu Ota
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Shadow Warriors Season 1 Episode 17 - The Living Shadow Shogun
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - The Living Shadow Shogun

    S1:E17

    A rich old man from the Kansai area comes to Edo with intent to takeover the local businesses, including Hanzo's bathhouse. The Shadow Warriors seek to end his unscrupulous tactics, but discover they may have spies in their midst.

    Director:Akikazu Ota
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Shadow Warriors Season 1 Episode 18 - The Killer in the Eyes
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - The Killer in the Eyes

    S1:E18

    Hidden villages are under attack by the Tenma, a dangerous clan who seeks to destroy the Iga using explosives. Now, a hidden bomb planted in the Kiji bathhouse threatens the Shadow Warriors.

    Director:Ikuo Sekimoto
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Shadow Warriors Season 1 Episode 19 - Palace of the Bloodsucking Woman
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - Palace of the Bloodsucking Woman

    S1:E19

    Lovesick men are drowning themselves in the moat of a castle inhabited by Onatsu and Otama, two of the ex-Shogun's mistresses. Hoshina asks Hanzo to get to the bottom of the mysterious deaths, which are smearing Onatsu's reputation.

    Director:Ikuo Sekimoto
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Shadow Warriors Season 1 Episode 20 - I'm Going to be Killed!
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - I'm Going to be Killed!

    S1:E20

    When the Saijou clan is left without a leader, Hoshina asks Hanzo to help him find the clan's missing female heir. Hanzo's search brings him into conflict with enemies from his past, including the Kouga ninja.

    Director:Sadao Nakajima
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Shadow Warriors Season 1 Episode 21 - Hiding! The Hole of Snakes
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - Hiding! The Hole of Snakes

    S1:E21

    On the run from the Kouga clan, Okou seeks shelter in a remote temple. Meanwhile, Hanzo ventures to the countryside to check up on his Iga ninja. Along the way, he is reunited with Okou and battles a ninja clan who are abducting children.

    Director:Sadao Nakajima
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Shadow Warriors Season 1 Episode 22 - The Dreadful Instigator
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - The Dreadful Instigator

    S1:E22

    After unknown thieves try to rob a shipment of government gold, Hoshina sends Hanzo to guard the riches on their way to Edo. Hanzo enlists the help of several Iga ninja in hiding in order to help with the dangerous task.

    Director:Akikazu Ota
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Shadow Warriors Season 1 Episode 23 - The Red Eyes of the Snake Are a Death Sentence
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - The Red Eyes of the Snake Are a Death Sentence

    S1:E23

    Hanzo suspects a group of assassins for hire, known as the dark instigators, is behind a series of suspicious murders. After Oume's sister is found dead in a mysterious double suicide, Hanzo must unmask the leader of the killers.

    Director:Ikuo Sekimoto
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Shadow Warriors Season 1 Episode 24 - Shudder! Sacrifice of the Virgin
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - Shudder! Sacrifice of the Virgin

    S1:E24

    Someone named "the dark lord" is killing important members of the government. Hoshina suspects the martial arts master of the Satsuma clan is involved somehow. Okiri disguises herself as a man to try and uncover the plot.

    Director:Ikuo Sekimoto
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Shadow Warriors Season 1 Episode 25 - The Trick Ceiling of the Tragic Love
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - The Trick Ceiling of the Tragic Love

    S1:E25

    Still on the run from Kouga ninja assassins Okou discovers that Hanzo's life is in danger and rushes to find him. Back in Edo, three carpenters have been kidnapped to work on a secret project. Hanzo must find out what it is before the young Shogun is assassinated!

    Director:Akikazu Ota
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Tigers Sharpen Their Claws in a Storm" is the best rated episode of "Shadow Warriors" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 7 votes. Directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/1/1980. This episode is rated 1.4 points higher than the second-best, "A Female Leopard, Hiding in the Dark".