Ninja Scroll

You're a wandering swordsman in feudal Japan, selling your skills. But a plague decimates a village, and then you're drawn into a web of warring clans. Kawajiri's hyperkinetic animation set a bar for action, influencing live-action cinema. The film pulses.

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Yoshiaki Kawajiri directed Ninja Scroll in 1993. See Yoshiaki Kawajiri's full filmography, where to start with Yoshiaki Kawajiri, or where to go after you've seen everything by Yoshiaki Kawajiri.

Ninja Scroll was released in 1993 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 94 minutes.