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Teenaged wizard-ninja Torawakamaru of the Koga Clan must unmask traitors working with members of the nefarious Iga Ninja and rescue a princess from deadly danger.

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    • Author: watchman
    Well at least I assume it is a family movie. This is by no means a serious ninja movie. There are the good and the bad ninjas allied with each their clan. There is a lot of invisibility, teleporting (or whatever you call it), and everything else you could dream about a magic ninja could do.

    Plot is same as seen many times before and after. Acting is okay , Picture is fine.

    This is not a movie that will change your way of life and it is not meant to be. To be honest when I saw the first ninja turn invisible I considered if I should turn the movie off, but I continued watching and even though magic ninjas are not my favorite I stayed well entertained throughout the movie. The movie runs in a good pace and is fairly entertaining. It is not a bad choice for an hour and a half.
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    • Author: Zetadda
    An action adventure movie with some decent special effects trickery, revolving around a tale of two rivaling clans in old Japan. There are also a boy and a girl from each clan who meet when the girl is kidnapped and they take a liking to each other. A kid's movie? I guess you could call it that, it sure is harmless enough, but this grown-up liked it, too. Except for that crude ending in which... well, you might want to check that yourself.

    The special effects are the most fun here; some of it are really pretty good, and some of it is good enough in a (very) cheesy way (the beasts in the sky, for instance). The soundtrack sounds very 'western' (American, European, Hollywoodian?), which seemed fairly unbefitting to me.

    Doable for sure, but that ending... 6 out of 10, then.
  • Credited cast:
    Koji Arima Koji Arima - Honda Sado
    Sentarô Fushimi Sentarô Fushimi - Tozawa Torawakamaru
    Masao Hori Masao Hori - Fukushima Masanori
    Yachiyo Kirishima Yachiyo Kirishima - Yodo
    Akira Kishii Akira Kishii - Gonkuro
    Kenzai Mochizuki Kenzai Mochizuki - Tokugawa Ieyasu
    Koinosuke Onoe Koinosuke Onoe - Yamashiro Dairikimaru
    Hiroko Sakuramachi Hiroko Sakuramachi - Sagiri
    Kinnosuke Takamatsu Kinnosuke Takamatsu - Tozawa Hakunsai
    Nakajirô Tomita Nakajirô Tomita - Ishikawa Goemon
    Ryûnosuke Tsukigata Ryûnosuke Tsukigata - Momochi Sandayu
    Chie Ueki Chie Ueki - Nene
    Motoharu Ueki Motoharu Ueki - Ishikawa Goroichi
    Hiroshi Yamate Hiroshi Yamate - Toyotomi Hideyori
    Yoshiko Yashioji Yoshiko Yashioji - Osai
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