Ninja Scroll (1993)
1993 film by Yoshiaki Kawajiri
- Released
- 1993
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese, English
- Genre
- Samurai film, Ninja film
- Director
- Yoshiaki Kawajiri
- Screenplay
- Yoshiaki Kawajiri
- Music
- Kaoru Wada
- Editing
- Akara Arisato
- Running time
- 94 minutes
- Production company
- Madhouse, Toho
- Distributor
- Toho, Netflix
Ninja Scroll (Japanese: 獣兵衛忍風帖, Hepburn: Jūbē Ninpūchō; lit. 'Jubei's Ninja Chronicles') is a 1993 Japanese animated jidaigeki-chanbara film written and directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri, starring the voices of Koichi 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.
The film takes place in feudal Japan and follows Kibagami Jubei, a mercenary swordsman who battles the Eight Devils of Kimon, a team of ninjas with supernatural powers who are intent on overthrowing the Tokugawa shogunate. During his quest, he is aided by Dakuan, an elderly but crafty government spy, and Kagero, a Kōga kunoichi whose body is infused with toxins.
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