Kaze no Bushi


Kaze no Bushi is a 1961 jidaigeki novel by Ryōtarō Shiba. It has been adapted into a 1960-1961 TV series and a Toei Company 1964 color chanbara film under the same title, directed by Tai Kato.

Story

The film tells the story of a womanizing ninja named Nabari Shinzo during the Tokugawa shogunate. Hired for a mission by the government, Shinzo soon finds himself in the center of a multi-sided intrigue, surrounded by double agents and fighting for the woman he loves against a treacherous ronin rival.

DVD release

A remastered version of the film has been released on a DVD by Toei Video in Japan in 2006. The film has been later imported to U.S. with English subtitles under the title Warrior of the Wind.