“Hattori Hanzô: Kage no Gundan”

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 Hanz III, in second one he played Tsuge Shinpachi, in the third one he played Tarao Hanz, in the fourth series and in Bakumatsu Hen, he played Hattori Hanz XV. In the 2003 direct-to-DVD series Shin Kage no Gundan he played Hattori Hanz I.