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Actors: Maureen O'Connell (III), Jimmy Theodore, Dean Elliott (III), Dougary Grant, Kôichi Yamadera
Directors: Kevin Seymour, Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Format: Animated, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
Subtitles: English
Region: All Regions
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
Rating: Unrated
Studio: Manga Video
DVD Release Date: May 20, 1998
Run Time: 94 minutes
ASIN: 6305014140
A peak achievement of Japanese anime, Ninja Scroll is a propulsive mix of samurai action adventure and supernatural fantasy from writer-director Yoshiaki Kawajiri (Supernatural Best City). This is defiantly animation for grown-ups, complete with fountains of blood, plenty of naked flesh, and (in both the subtitled and dubbed versions) some decidedly strong language. (Students of Japanese language could pick up some useful expressions.) The plot sounds like a 16th century variation on the X-Files: An entire village has been wiped out by a mysterious plague and an anti-government conspiracy of invulnerable demons seems to be responsible. A wandering ninja, Jubei, and his female counterpart, Kagero, team up to defeat the plotters. Jubei is a classic reluctant hero, agreeing to participate in the mission only after being fed a slow-acting poison; the antidote will be supplied after he cooperates. And Kagero, a looker whose embrace is lethal, is a femme fatale with a difference that seems distinctively Japanese: sexual contact itself is poisonous, especially for a warrior with a pure soul. --David Chute
Product Description
Studio: Starz/sphe Release Date: 02/23/1999 Run time: 90 minutes
Directors: Kevin Seymour, Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Format: Animated, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
Subtitles: English
Region: All Regions
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
Rating: Unrated
Studio: Manga Video
DVD Release Date: May 20, 1998
Run Time: 94 minutes
ASIN: 6305014140
A peak achievement of Japanese anime, Ninja Scroll is a propulsive mix of samurai action adventure and supernatural fantasy from writer-director Yoshiaki Kawajiri (Supernatural Best City). This is defiantly animation for grown-ups, complete with fountains of blood, plenty of naked flesh, and (in both the subtitled and dubbed versions) some decidedly strong language. (Students of Japanese language could pick up some useful expressions.) The plot sounds like a 16th century variation on the X-Files: An entire village has been wiped out by a mysterious plague and an anti-government conspiracy of invulnerable demons seems to be responsible. A wandering ninja, Jubei, and his female counterpart, Kagero, team up to defeat the plotters. Jubei is a classic reluctant hero, agreeing to participate in the mission only after being fed a slow-acting poison; the antidote will be supplied after he cooperates. And Kagero, a looker whose embrace is lethal, is a femme fatale with a difference that seems distinctively Japanese: sexual contact itself is poisonous, especially for a warrior with a pure soul. --David Chute
Product Description
Studio: Starz/sphe Release Date: 02/23/1999 Run time: 90 minutes
