Shinobi - Heart Under Blade
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Shinobi - Heart Under Blade
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Official site, slick site but mosty japanese, higher res trailers available
I saw this the other night. The trailer pushs the romantic points, but the movie itself is a good balance of action and drama. It's your basic Romeo and Juliet story if you replace the Capulet and the Montague families with superpowered ninja clans. The action is very good, cinematography is excellent and the special effects are about the best I've seen out of japan. While the story doesn't fail, it could have been much more effective with a little more time spent developing the characters. I went into it looking for an action movie, so the quick pacing didn't bother me.
You can get it with good englishs subs from yesasia. Someone on the IMDB msg board posted that it is being distributed in the US later this year.
Official site, slick site but mosty japanese, higher res trailers available
I saw this the other night. The trailer pushs the romantic points, but the movie itself is a good balance of action and drama. It's your basic Romeo and Juliet story if you replace the Capulet and the Montague families with superpowered ninja clans. The action is very good, cinematography is excellent and the special effects are about the best I've seen out of japan. While the story doesn't fail, it could have been much more effective with a little more time spent developing the characters. I went into it looking for an action movie, so the quick pacing didn't bother me.
You can get it with good englishs subs from yesasia. Someone on the IMDB msg board posted that it is being distributed in the US later this year.
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You should download the anime series BASILISK (24 episodes). It's based on the same story. It's more violent and does a much better job of developing all the characters and their conflicts (of course they have about six hours more time to do it).