In order to murder Tokugawa Ieyasu to overthrow his reign, Sarutobi Sasuke put a group of young men under a cruel and deadly form of trainment to become ninjas. At the same time, two brothers hired by Tokugawa try to find the localization of their hideout, and a spy hides among the students. Part 1 of a 4 part series about Sarutobi Sasuke.
Hiroki Matsukata
Bunta Sugawara
Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi
Nozomi Ando
In order to murder Tokugawa Ieyasu to overthrow his reign, Sarutobi Sasuke put a group of young men under a cruel and deadly form of trainment to become ninjas. At the same time, two brothers hired by Tokugawa try to find the localization of their hideout, and a spy hides among the students. Part 1 of a 4 part series about Sarutobi Sasuke.
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