House of Ninjas

House of Ninjas (忍びの家) is a Japanese television series developed by Dave Boyle for Netflix based on a story by Kento Kaku (acting as co-executive producer), Yoshiaki Murrao and Takafumi Imai. It stars Kaku as the protagonist, alongside Yōsuke Eguchi, Tae Kimura, Kengo Kora, Aju Makita, Nobuko Miyamoto, and Riho Yoshioka. It follows a family of ninjas, known as shinobi, as they struggle to connect as a family and return to the shinobi lifestyle.

House of Ninjas was released worldwide on February 15, 2024.

Premise
The series revolves around the Tawaras, a shinobi family that lives in a traditional 'house of ninjas' in present-day Japan and are descended from Hattori Hanzo. Six years ago, the eldest son died during a mission to rescue a kidnapped politician, and the Tawaras abandoned their role in the government. They aim to be a normal family, but struggle with some idiosyncratic dysfunctions. When a new crisis unfolds, however, the family is drawn back into the shadows of its past.

Cast

 * Kento Kaku as Haru Tawara
 * The second-oldest son of the Tawara family of ninjas. He feels responsible for the death of his older brother Gaku, who was killed by an assailant whom Haru spared.


 * Yōsuke Eguchi as Soichi Tawara
 * 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.


 * Tae Kimura as Yoko Tawara
 * The wife of Soichi and a small-time shoplifter who is the first to secretly utilize her skills for a mission regarding the cruiser six years ago from which her son Gaku had died on.


 * Kengo Kora as Gaku Tawara
 * The oldest son of the Tawara family who was killed six years ago during a mission to rescue a kidnapped politician.


 * Aju Makita as Nagi Tawara
 * The only daughter of the Tawara family and a college student who utilized her skills to commit a series of high-profile museum thefts that gets her involved in a public conspiracy.


 * Nobuko Miyamoto as Taki Tawara
 * The grandmother and Soichi's mother.


 * Riho Yoshioka as Karen Ito
 * A journalist whom Haru meets regularly at a beef bowl restaurant. She becomes involved when her paper assigns her to investigate a case that Hamashima informs Haru to stop her from doing so.


 * Tomorowo Taguchi as Jin Hamashima
 * The head of the Bureau of Ninja Management who assigns missions to the Tawara family.


 * Bambi Naka as Ayame
 * An assassin working for the Gentenkai cult.


 * Tokio Emoto as Masamitsu Oki
 * A junior member of the Bureau of Ninja Management working under Hamashima.


 * Mariko Tsutsui as Touko Mukai
 * A high-profile politician who was the subject of a kidnapping six years ago, but was rescued by the Tawara family on the day her kidnappers' ransom was announced.


 * Kyusaku Shimada as Kosaku Kuze
 * A cleaner and interrogator for the Bureau of Ninja Management


 * Pierre Taki as Zensuke Omi
 * A police detective investigating the ninja conflict between the Tawara and Fuma.


 * Tenta Banka as Riku Tawara
 * The youngest son of the Tawara family with no knowledge of the ninja activities of his family.


 * Takayuki Yamada as Yosuke Tsujioke,
 * The leader of the Gentenkai cult. He is the 19th "Fuma Kotaro" of the Fuma clan and was the man whom Haru spared six years ago.


 * Aoba Kawai as Mori Mayuko
 * The new sales manager at Tawara Brewery with a mysterious past.

Reception
The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported a 100% approval rating based on 7 critic reviews.

Netflix reported that in February 2024, the show is number one in the Weekly Global Top 10 (Non-English) in the second week of release.