NINJA SCROLL

Programme running time: 94 min
Age limit: 18
Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Feudal Japan - a time of danger, intrigue and deception. Jubei is a masterless ninja who travels the land alone, hiring his services to those with gold... or a worthy cause.
His fearsome abilities have served him well, but a hideous plot to overthrow the government threatens to end his wandering ways - and possible his life. When a small village succumbs to a terrible plague, a team of ninja are sent to investigate, and realise that all is not as it seems. Ambushed, they are wiped out by a fearsome man-monster with incredible powers, leaving only one alive - Kagero, a beautiful female ninja, whose touch can bring instant death. Jubei saves her from a fate worse than death, and unwillingly becomes drawn into the web of treachery. He is soon faced with his greatest challenge - an enemy for whom death holds no fear, with the power to destroy Jubei´s world.
Ninja Scroll is a good martial arts action film that takes place in the feudal Japan. Well animated, cool action sequences and an interesting plot. It also contains quite a lot of blood and some sexscenes, but that is not unusual for a Kawajiri product.

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