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Ninja Scroll (movie)

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©1993 Yoshiaki Kawajiri/Mad House/JVC/TOHO Co. LTD/Movic Inc.


Related anime:
    Ninja Scroll (TV) (sequel)
    Ninja Scroll 2 (movie) (sequel)

Alternative title:
Jubei Ninpucho (Japanese)
Wind Ninja Chronicles
Манускрипт ниндзя (Russian)
獣兵衛忍風帖 (Japanese)
Themes: historical, ninja
Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Plot Summary: Jubei is wandering noble sword for hire but when a chance meeting leads him to save young ninja woman from rape he makes enemies with a group of demonic humans. Jubei and the woman part ways but later a government spy forces Jubei to join up with her again and investigate the mysterious death of an entire village. The investigation reveals a conspiracy involving the demons and a man from Jubei’s past who is supposed to be dead. As they get closer to the truth the demons close in on them and pretty soon Jubei finds himself in a deadly fight with many super strong inhuman opponents.
Video:
User Ratings: 2339 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 284 votes (dub:141, sub:127, ?:5, Fre.dub:3, Por.sub:2, Spa.edit.dub:1, Swe.sub:1, Spa.dub:1, Spa.sub:1, Rus.sub:1, Dut.sub:1)
 Excellent: 537 votes (sub:268, dub:248, Spa.sub:5, ?:5, edit.dub:3, Spa.dub:3, Por.sub:2, Ita.sub:1, raw:1, Fre.sub:1)
 Very good: 507 votes (sub:276, dub:201, ?:7, Por.sub:4, Spa.sub:4, Ita.dub:3, Dan.sub:2, Rus.dub:2, Fre.sub:2, edit.dub:2, raw:2, Fre.edit.dub:1, Spa.dub:1)
 Good: 492 votes (sub:258, dub:200, ?:15, Spa.sub:4, Rus.dub:3, raw:2, Rus.sub:2, Dut.sub:1, edit.dub:1, Fre.sub:1, Por.sub:1, Ita.edit.dub:1, Ita.dub:1, Spa.dub:1, Fre.dub:1)
 Decent: 234 votes (sub:125, dub:92, ?:4, edit.dub:3, Por.sub:2, Fre.sub:1, Fre.dub:1, Ger.sub:1, Pol.sub:1, Spa.dub:1, Rus.dub:1, Dan.sub:1, raw:1)
 So-so: 109 votes (sub:67, dub:39, Rus.dub:1, Rus.sub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Not really good: 49 votes (sub:29, dub:19, ?:1)
 Weak: 50 votes (sub:33, dub:16, ?:1)
 Bad: 37 votes (sub:26, dub:9, Por.sub:1, Fre.sub:1)
 Awful: 24 votes (sub:13, dub:10, ?:1)
 Worst ever: 16 votes (sub:9, dub:6, ?:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 4134 users, rank: #103
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.510 (Very good-.49), std. dev.: 1.971, rank: #952
Weighted mean: 7.438 (Good+.43), rank: #939 (seen all: 7.47 / seen some: 5.34 / won't finish: 2.41)
Bayesian estimate: 7.438 (Good+.43), rank: #707
Running time: 94 minutes
Vintage:
1993
1993-06-05
1998-02-24 (France)
2006-05-04 (IFC Canada)
2008-02-04 (Sci Fi USA)
Releases: We have 1
Ending Theme:
"Somewhere, Far Away, Everyone is Listening to a Ballad" by Ryouhei Yamanashi 
Links: We have 2
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Reviews:
    Ninja Scroll DVD

DVD
    Ninja Scroll - 10th Anniversary Special Edition DVD (DVD) 2003-09-30 (from $15.99)
    Ninja Scroll - Essence of Anime (DVD) 2007-09-04 (from $10.22)
    Ninja Scroll (DVD) 1998-05-20 (from $10.22)
Universal Media Disc
    Ninja Scroll (UMD) 2005-08-23
    Ninja Scroll (UMD) 2005-08-23
Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 
Screenplay: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Music: Kaoru Wada
Original Manga: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Original Character Design: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Character Design: Yutaka Minowa
Art Director: Hiromasa Ogura
Animation Director: Yutaka Minowa
Director of Photography: Hitoshi Yamaguchi
Assistant Art Director: Youji Takeshige
Color Coordination: Osamu Mikasa
Line Producer: Masao Maruyama
Music Production: Tatsuo Oba
Sound Effect Director: Yasunori Honda
Sound Effects: Kenji Shibasaki
Sound Mixing: Tsutomu Asakura
Theme Song Composition: Ryouhei Yamanashi (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics: Sho Jitsukawa (ED)
Theme Song Performance: Ryouhei Yamanashi (ED)
 
Daisuke Gouri as Genma Himuro
Emi Shinohara as Kagerou
Kouichi Yamadera as Jubei Kibagami
Takeshi Aono as Dakuan

Gara Takashima as Benisato
Junichi Sugawara as Shinkurou
Masako Katsuki as Zakuro
Norio Wakamoto as Utsutsu Mujuurou
Reizô Nomoto as Mushizou
Shuuichirou Moriyama as Sakaki Hyobu
Toshihiko Seki as Yurimaru

Akitoshi Ohmori as Shijima
Ichirô Nagai as Doujin
Jouji Nakata as Ryouga
Katsuji Mori as Hanza
Katsumi Suzuki as Villager
Osamu Saka as Masked Samurai
Yuusaku Yara as Genpachi
Japanese companies 
Animation Production: Madhouse Studios
Development: Tokyo Laboratory
Recording Studio: Tokyo TV Center
Sound Production: Arts Production
English staff 
English cast 
Director: Quint Lancaster
Executive producer: Ken Iyadomi
Producer: Yutaka Maseba

Digital Tracking & Final Mix:
Joe Romersa
Les Claypool III
 
Dean Elliot as Jubei Kibagami
Richard Epcar as Genma Himuro
Rudy Luzion as Dakuan
Wendee Lee as Kagero

Andrew Philpot as Yurimaru
Dougary Grant as Tessai
Ed Mannix as Chamberlain Sakai Hyobo
Jenny Haniver as Benisato
Richard Barnes as
Mushizo
Shinkuro
Richard Hayworth as Yurimaru

Alfred Thor as Dark Shogun's Representative
Anthony Rocissano as Utsutsu Mujuro
Doug Stone as Bandit

English companies 
Digital Download: Direct2Drive
Licensed by: Manga Entertainment
Recording Facility: Magnitude 8 Post
Soundtrack: ADV Music
Translation: TOHO

French cast 
French staff 
ADR Director: Patrick Borg
Translation: Sarah Dowson

Adaptation: Alain Leguillon
Amélie Morin as Kagéro
Patrick Borg as Dakuan

Franck Capillery as Yurimaru
Marc François as Tessai

Nicolas Sempé as Gempachi
French companies 
ADR Production: S.T.A.R.T.
Broadcaster: Canal +
Distributor: Manga Video
Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 
(none)
 
Jesus Barrero as Jubei Kibagami 
Jose Manuel Vieira as Jubei Kibagami
Spanish companies 
DVD Distribution: Selecta Visión
TV Distribution: Selecta Visión
Italian staff 
Italian companies 
(none)
 
Distributor: Yamato Video (Italy)
Italian cast 
(none)
German staff 
German companies 
(none)
 
Annouced: Panini Video
German cast 
(none)
Dutch staff 
Dutch companies 
(none)
 
Cover Design: Looney2
Distributor: Manga DVD
Dutch cast 
(none)
Russian staff 
Russian companies 
(none)
 
Production: MC Entertainment
Russian cast 
(none)
Polish staff 
Polish companies 
(none)
 
Distributor: IDG Poland S.A.
Polish cast 
(none)
 
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