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.
17 April 1929, Harvey, North Dakota, USA
2 March 1955, Tokyo, Japan
27 December 1950, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
8 August 1963, Nagano, Japan
29 April 1955, Denver, Colorado, USA
10 May 1931, Osaka, Japan
27 March 1959, Miyagi, Japan
10 July 1945, Tokyo, Japan
25 December 1958
5 August 1956
9 October 1958, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
18 May 1952, Tokyo, Japan
July 27, 1956 in Los Angeles County, California, USA
26 July 1934, Nagoya, Japan
17 June 1961, Shiogama, Miyagi, Japan
19 June 1936, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
June 15, 1950 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
13 May 1956, Portland, Oregon, USA
18 October 1945, Yamaguchi, Japan
15 October 1959, Hachinohe, Japan
23 February 1942
8 February 1952, Koto, Japan
10 September 1953, Los Angeles, California, USA
15 March 1948, Tokyo, Japan
September 24, 2003
Teenage boys beware: this is NOT a date movie . . .
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.
February 18, 2003
Ranks high among the classics of Japanese animation.
November 19, 2012
One of the most influential animes ever made ...
November 20, 2012
What it lacks in complexity, it makes up for in often dazzling animation ...
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.
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 22, 2012
Its baroque sadism and sexism hasn't aged well, but it still packs a visceral kick.
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.

