
Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One Eyes
Action · Drama
Overview
A wave of terror is threatening to unseat Shogun Yoshimune. Police stations are erupting into flames, convicts escaping from prison, houses robbed and vandalized, streets teeming with panicked citizens. Is Ijyuin Tanomo, highly-placed official of Owari clan, secretly using deadly ninja to foment riot and rebellion? Narumiya Shinbei, a lone samurai spy adept at ninjutsu must uncover the hidden hand orchestrating these shocking crimes. Shinbei enlists a small band of dedicated ninja to lay siege to the enemy’s stronghold, where his own sister works as an undercover agent. Now, ninja must fight ninja in a last desperate battle to save the shogunate.
Top Cast


Hiroki Matsukata
Hiroki Matsukata
Shinbei
Hiroki Matsukata
Shinbei


Kōtarō Satomi
Kōtarō Satomi
Tokugawa Yoshimune
Kōtarō Satomi
Tokugawa Yoshimune


Jūshirō Konoe
Jūshirō Konoe
Ijuin Yoromo
Jūshirō Konoe
Ijuin Yoromo


Ichirō Nakatani
Ichirō Nakatani
Yakuro Teranishi
Ichirō Nakatani
Yakuro Teranishi


Kikuko Hojo
Kikuko Hojo
Kaede
Kikuko Hojo
Kaede


Yuriko Mishima
Yuriko Mishima
Onui
Yuriko Mishima
Onui


Harumi Sone
Harumi Sone
Harumi Sone


Koji Arima
Koji Arima
Ito Kanzaemon
Koji Arima
Ito Kanzaemon


Kenjiro Uemura
Kenjiro Uemura
Ryusai
Kenjiro Uemura
Ryusai
Akio Kobori
Akio Kobori
Sakon Matsudaira
Akio Kobori
Sakon Matsudaira
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