Ninja Gaiden

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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Mamoru Kanbe directed Ninja Gaiden in 1991. See Mamoru Kanbe's full filmography, where to start with Mamoru Kanbe, or where to go after you've seen everything by Mamoru Kanbe.

Ninja Gaiden was released in 1991 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 50 minutes.