Shadow Warriors (1980)
- Genre: Drama, Action & Adventure
- First Air Date: 1980-04-01
- Last Air Date: 1985-08-24
- Total Seasons: 5
- Total Episodes: 119
- Status: Ended
- Episode Runtime: 59 min.
- Production Country: Japan
- Network: Fuji TV
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 Hanzō III, in second one he played Tsuge Shinpachi, in the third one he played Tarao Hanzō, in the fourth series and in Bakumatsu Hen, he played Hattori Hanzō XV. In the 2003 direct-to-DVD series Shin Kage no Gundan he played Hattori Hanzō I.
You can now watch Shadow Warriors online on the following streaming providers in the United States.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | Tigers Sharpen Their Claws in a Storm | 1980-04-01 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | A Female Leopard, Hiding in the Dark | 1980-04-08 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | A Devil Called Oushu Highway | 1980-04-15 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | The Spring of Kyoto: The Trick of the Black Teeth | 1980-04-22 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | Soft Skin Sunk Into a Whirlpool | 1980-04-29 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | The Woman Disappeared Into the Port | 1980-05-06 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | The Target is a Mystery Woman | 1980-05-13 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | Infiltration! The Ladie's Chambers Night and Day | 1980-05-20 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 9 | The Female Ninja's May in Shadows | 1980-05-27 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 10 | The Black Hair Burned With the Grudge | 1980-06-03 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 11 | A Bride and a Murderous Fiend | 1980-06-10 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 12 | Kill Night Spiders Even If They Are Parents | 1980-06-17 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 13 | Midnight Beauty | 1980-06-24 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 14 | The Shogun Disappeared! The Plot of the Female Foxes | 1980-07-01 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 15 | Mysterious Priest, Inviting Hell | 1980-07-08 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 16 | Don't Get Involved With Dangerous Women | 1980-07-15 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 17 | The Living Shadow Shogun | 1980-07-22 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 18 | The Killer in the Eyes | 1980-07-29 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 19 | Palace of the Bloodsucking Woman | 1980-08-05 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 20 | I'm Going to be Killed! | 1980-08-12 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 21 | Hiding! The Hole of Snakes | 1980-08-19 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 22 | The Dreadful Instigator | 1980-08-26 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 23 | The Red Eyes of the Snake Are a Death Sentence | 1980-09-02 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 24 | Shudder! Sacrifice of the Virgin | 1980-09-09 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 25 | The Trick Ceiling of the Tragic Love | 1980-09-16 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 26 | The Ominous Place; The Cursed Flute | 1980-09-23 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 27 | Intrusion! 24 Hours in the Woman's Bath | 1980-09-30 | 60 min |
