Red Shadow

Even polite assassins need interns. Three rookie ninjas bumble through feudal Japan on increasingly ridiculous missions. The film somehow makes stealth feel like getting hit by a truck.

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Hiroyuki Nakano directed Red Shadow in 2001. See Hiroyuki Nakano's full filmography, where to start with Hiroyuki Nakano, or where to go after you've seen everything by Hiroyuki Nakano.

Red Shadow was released in 2001 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 108 minutes.