# Ninja Gaiden (1991)

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**Original title**: *忍者龍剣伝*
**Runtime**: 50 min
**Genres**: Animation, Action, Crime
**Directed by**: Mamoru Kanbe
**Written by**: Tomofumi Nobe
**Starring**: Keiichi Nanba, Norio Wakamoto, Yumi Touma, Yoshiko Sakakibara, Shinji Ogawa

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## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You arrive in 1990s New York as a wandering ninja named Ryu. Black-suited figures in white masks stalk you, whispering of an old god stirring below. Suddenly the city’s neon signs flicker like dying torches. Anime films from the early 1990s often opened with such neon-noir hues.

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