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Mercenary blade Jubei Kibagami rescues young ninja Kagero from a vile demon, and together the two become entangled in a wicked plot by the supernatural Eight Devils of Kimon to overthrow the Tokugawa Shogunate. Unbeknownst to them, the Devils are led by a mysterious man – whom Jubei thought he had successfully beheaded ages ago. A visceral, violent and lushly animated flick from director Yoshiaki Kawajiri (DEMON CITY SHINJUKU, WICKED CITY), NINJA SCROLL is a bona fide staple of adult-oriented '90s anime that paved the way for the medium in the U.S. DIR/SCR Yoshiaki Kawajiri; PROD Haruo Sai, Masaki Sawanobori, Shigeaki Komatsu. Japan, 1993, color, 105 min, including an 11-min interview. In Japanese with English subtitles. RATED R

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