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Mirai Ninja (1988)

1988 film by Keita Amemiya

Released
1988
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
Genre
Martial arts film, Ninja film
Director
Keita Amemiya
Starring
Makoto Yokoyama, Eri Morishita
Running time
72 minutes

Mirai Ninja: Keiun Kinin Gaiden (未来忍者 慶雲機忍外伝; lit. "Future Ninja: Keiun Machine Stealth Side Story"), known as Cyber Ninja in the United States, Warlord in Canada and Robo Ninja in the UK, is a 1988 Japanese science fiction action film directed by Keita Amemiya, which was co-produced and released by Namco that premiered in October 1988 at the Tokyo International Fantastic Film Festival.

It is the first live-action film based on a video game, released five years before the 1993 film Super Mario Bros.

It was released as a direct-to-video film on December 2. The film is based on the arcade game of the same name which was also developed and released by Namco.

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Facts from Wikidata Q15030944 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.