old Masaaki Hatsumi (qv) who had inherited  the tradition from his then retired teacher Toshitsugu Takamatsu.  Both Takamatsu and Hatsumi had advised during the production of the  first two of the Japanese "Shinobi No Mono" Ninja Assassins series  of films produced in Japan between 1962 and 1966, and not only did  the film provide an opportunity for Hatsumi to give more credibility  to the Ninja characters, but also allowed him a few brief moments of  screen time aboard Tiger Tanakas private train, as he interrupts  Bond and Tanakas Sake discussion to announce that the photographs  are ready for viewing.