With characters loosely adapted from history, you have Oda Nobunaga, a ruthless warlord on rampaging victories across Japan in an effort to unify the country. The movie doesn't waste time in building up a proper background, but throws you thick into the action. If you'd wonder what a ninja does when out of his mask, then the film would have painted a rather mundane picture of the practicing ninjas, who hone their skills in enclaves, and frankly look no more like your usual Samurais, except sans status, and honing their skills ala rebels in hiding at their fortified base, and being skilled assassins for hire to Samurais who need someone to do their dirty work for them (yes, even back then you can outsource your dirty laundry), as they themselves are bounded by the honor code of bushido. If you'd think you know a lot of their modus operandi, then perhaps The Ninjas, aka Shinobi No Mono, would contribute to that wealth of knowledge, and at the same time dispel some of the myths and stories that add to the stature of these masked assassins. I suppose many of us would have loved the romanticism associated with ninjas, with their famed skills of invisibility, swordsmanship, cunning and a whole host of weaponry and gadgets that add to their element of surprise. Fantastic acting and choreography and strong plot and a must have for all ninja lover. I give a big applause to Japanese acting and this movie is no exception. The acting at that time was good but it was 1950s good but in Japan the acting feels new like today even it's from 1962. Every time I see these black and white movies from Japan I'm surprised that the acting feels like today. Goemon agrees but only to find out he has been fooled by his own leader. The leader is blaming Goemon for all this bad events but he spare his life, in one condition to kill an evil lord that threat to destroy all ninja clans. But later his life turned apart when his father is killed by his own powder and the wife is also killed.
But he is also weak for women specially the wife of his leader. Goemon is a young ninja of his clan and a man with a future. There has been many movies about a legend in the Japanese ninja history of Goemon, this is the first movie from 1962 and also gave inspiration to the James Bond movie you only live twice and it's show that Japanese actors are 10 years a head of time when it comes to dimensional acting, as in the west were use to schooled dialogue, Japan had their actor play out their role with their hearts.
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