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Hattori Hanzō (服部 半蔵, c. 1542 [1] – January 2, 1597) or Second Hanzō, nicknamed Oni no Hanzō (鬼の半蔵, Demon Hanzō), [2] was a famous samurai of the Sengoku era, who served the Tokugawa clan as a general, credited with saving the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu and then helping him to become the ruler of united Japan.
Path of the Assassin is the story of Hattori Hanzō, the master ninja whose duty it was to protect Tokugawa Ieyasu, who would grow up to become shōgun and unify Japan. The creators poetically describe the story as "Lifelong Friends, with the Same Dreams, Striving to Grow into a Rising River".
Though he has a tough exterior, he is a devoted father, family member, and friend. In the Osaka district, he is close with Goro Otaki and Ginshiro Toyama. Harley initially met Toyama's daughter, Kazuha, as a result of Heizo's friendship with Ginshiro Toyama. Heizo was named after the fictional Heizo Hasegawa and the real-life Hattori Hanzō ...
Hattori Hanzo's spear: Registered tangible cultural property of Shinjuku Ward. The temple has a spear that is said to have been bestowed by Ieyasu at Hamamatsu Castle to Hattori Hanzō, nicknamed "Spear Hanzō" due to his proficiency with spears, as a temple treasure. The spear was once about one and a half ken (about 2.6 meters), but is now ...
Hattori Masanari (服部 正就, 1565 – June 3, 1615) was the third Hattori Hanzō and a retainer under the Tokugawa clan during the late Sengoku period of Japanese history. He was the eldest son of the famous Hattori Hanzō. Masanari began to fight alongside his father by the mid 1590s, succeeding him in 1596 at age 31.
The patriarch of the Tawara family of ninjas and a descendent of Hattori Hanzō. Since the death of his oldest son Gaku, he has since retired from ninja duties and relegated his life to running the family brewery as a normal civilian, not knowing that his remaining son, daughter, and wife have secretly continued using their abilities for missions.
The writer of True Romance, Quentin Tarantino, worked with Chiba ten years later in Kill Bill: Volume I, where Chiba portrayed Katana master maker Hattori Hanzō, [32] [33] in an episode that combined comical interaction with his assistant, played by Kenji Ohba, with sombre references to traditional, Japanese sword making.
Hattori Hanzō Masashige II (服部 半蔵 正重) (1580-1652), second son of the second Hattori Hanzō, the fourth Hattori Hanzō Hattori Masayoshi ( 服部 半蔵 正義 ) (1846-1886), the twelfth Hattori Hanzō and head of Hattori clan, retainer of Kuwana domain, Ise