Ninja Scroll
A vagabond swordsman is aided by a beautiful ninja girl and a crafty spy in confronting a demonic clan of killers - with a ghost from his past as their leader - who are bent on overthrowing the Tokugawa Shogunate.
18 May 1952, Tokyo, Japan
27 March 1959, Miyagi, Japan
2 March 1955, Tokyo, Japan
July 27, 1956 in Los Angeles County, California, USA
19 June 1936, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
June 15, 1950 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
15 March 1948, Tokyo, Japan
8 February 1952, Koto, Japan
5 August 1956
8 August 1963, Nagano, Japan
10 May 1931, Osaka, Japan
November 19, 2012
One of the most influential animes ever made ...September 24, 2003
Teenage boys beware: this is NOT a date movie . . .November 29, 2012
For those seeking the best ninja/samurai action on screen, there are dozens of live action movies either directed by Akira Kurosawa or based on manga by Kazuo Koike that are much better films than Ninja Scroll.November 22, 2012
Its baroque sadism and sexism hasn't aged well, but it still packs a visceral kick.December 06, 2012
What dazzles most is the contrast between the beautifully rendered, pastoral backdrops of crags, waterfalls, forests, and temples, and the gruesome, stylized violence that takes place against them.November 22, 2012
There is so much going on here, that the film's total lack of subtext - or, more generously, its pure escapism - only sinks in afterwards. It may be a tale of sound and fury, signifying nothing - but all that demon-whupping sure is fun.November 22, 2012
A wandering ronin takes on a posse of supernatural ninjas in a whipcracking race that never lets reality get in the way of a hearty bout of blood-lettting.August 31, 2010
Characters zip through the trees and move quick as a flash; there's a real sense of speed and weight to these scenes.November 20, 2012
What it lacks in complexity, it makes up for in often dazzling animation ...February 18, 2003
Ranks high among the classics of Japanese animation.