The Ninja Dragon (1990)

Original title

空想科学任侠伝 極道忍者ドス竜

Directed by

Go Nagai

Genre

action film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 10m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Japanese direct-to-video action film directed by Go Nagai. It follows a ninja character in a story that blends science fiction and gangster elements. The film features a rock musician in the lead role and cameos by many Japanese creators.

energeticcampyfast-pacedquirkylow-budgetplayfullighthearted

What happens

Kūsō Kagaku Ninkyōden: Gokudō Ninja Dosuryū (空想科学任侠伝 極道忍者ドス竜, Kūsō kagaku ninkyō den gokudō ninja dosu ryū), better known for its international title as The Ninja Dragon (not to be confused with the 1986 Hong Kong film Ninja Dragon (1986) directed by Godfrey Ho), is a 1990 Japanese direct-to-video action film released by the Tohokushinsha Film Corporation. It was directed by Go Nagai, his third film as director and his first as a solo director. The film was produced by Dynamic Planning, Moby Dick and the Tohokushinsha Film Corporation. A Laserdisc version was also released in Japan. It was the first film starring Japanese rock musician Kenji Otsuki. It also features famous female Japanese wrestlers Cutie Suzuki and Mayumi Ozaki, and also Japanese idol Etsuko Shinkoda. The film has cameos of Ken Ishikawa, Chiaki Kawamata, Shintaro Ko, Yoichi Komatsuzawa, Tokitoshi Shiota, Haruka Takachiho, Kunio Nagatani, Kaizo Hayashi, Fujiko F. Fujio, Mari Yagisawa and Tetsu Yano. A manga was also created by Go Nagai and Shinoyama Isami, and released as a single tankōbon on November 7, 1990 by Kadokawa Shoten. A 219 pages light novel was also released in 1990, written by Kazuo Sakurai and published by Enix, with the ISBN 4-900527-46-7 and ISBN 978-4-900527-46-1. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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