Tales of the Ninja

Tales of the Ninja (Band of Ninja)
Tales of the Ninja (Band of Ninja)
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Nagisa Ōshima
Screenplay by	Nagisa Ōshima; Mamoru Sasaki
Based on	Ninja Bugeicho Kagemaruden; by Sanpei Shirato
Produced by	Masayuki Nakajima; Nagisa Ōshima; Takuji Yamaguchi;
Starring	Kei Yamamoto; Akiko Koyama; Kei Satō; Fumio Watanabe; Hikaru Hayashi; Shigeru Tsuyuguchi;
Cinematography	Akira Takada
Edited by	Sueko Shiraishi
Music by	Hikaru Hayashi
Distributed by	ATG
Release date	February 15, 1967 (Japan);
Running time	123 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Tales of the Ninja (Japanese: 忍者武芸帳, Hepburn: Ninja Bugeichō) (also known as Band of Ninja) is a 1967 Japanese film directed by Nagisa Ōshima. It is based on Sanpei Shirato's manga Ninja Bugeichō.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] Rather than making an animated adaptation, Ōshima decided to simply shoot the panels of the manga in order, adding narration and employing zooming and panning techniques.