Kaze no Bushi

Kaze no Bushi (風の武士) is a 1961 jidaigeki novel by Ryōtarō Shiba (the author of Fukurō no Shiro). It has been adapted into a 1960-1961 TV series^[1] and a Toei Company 1964 color chanbara film under the same title, directed by Tai Kato.^[2]

Kaze no Bushi (Warrior of the Wind)
Directed by	Tai Kato
Written by	Tatsuo Nogami (screenplay) Ryōtarō Shiba (novel)
Starring	Hashizo Okawa Hiroko Sakuramachi Naoko Kubo Sanae Nakahara Minoru Ōki Kōji Nanbara
Cinematography	Ko Matsui
Edited by	Katsumi Kawai
Music by	Chuji Kinoshita
Production company	Toei Company
Distributed by	Toei Company
Release date	1964 (1964)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Story

The film tells the story of a womanizing ninja named Nabari Shinzo (Hashizo Okawa) 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 (Hiroko Sakuramachi as Chino) 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 (in 16:9 widescreen version with a trailer and photo gallery special features). The film has been later imported to U.S. with English subtitles under the title Warrior of the Wind (not to be confused with Warriors of the Wind).