Ninja Scroll
is a 1993 Japanese animated jidaigeki-chanbara film written and directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri, starring the voices of Kōichi Yamadera, Emi Shinohara, Takeshi Aono, Daisuke Gōri, Toshihiko Seki and Shūichirō Moriyama. The film was produced by Animate Film and distributed by Tokyo Theatres Company. Ninja Scroll was theatrically released in Japan on June 5, 1993, and received an English-dubbed release through Manga Entertainment in 1995.
Plot
In Edo period-Japan, the mines gold in secret, and sends a shipment to the Toyotomi as payment for his protection. The Shogun of the Dark intends to use the gold to buy advanced Spanish weaponry and overthrow the current government, the Tokugawa Shogunate. The ship runs aground onto in a storm, and the , a ninja team with supernatural powers in the employ of the Yamashiro, kill the people of the nearby to keep the gold shipment a secret.
More details
author | Yoshiaki Kawajiri |
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director | Yoshiaki Kawajiri |
editor | Harutoshi Ogata Yukiko Itō |
events | ninja |
genre | adventure fantasy historical |
keywords | advanced attack blackmail capture decapitate devil edo period forced to kill gold shipment help house of toyotomi immortality japan kill kunoichi mask mercenary murder poison rescue shuriken sole survivor supernatural power tokugawa shogunate toyotomi water supply wound |
musicBy | Kaoru Wada |
producer | Kazuhiko Ikeguchi Masako Fukuyo Shigeru Kitayama |
productionCompany | Animate |
publisher | Tokyo Theatres Company |
theme | animated anime jidaigeki rape and revenge terrorism |