1993 · action · historical · horror
Ninja Scroll
Directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri1h 34m1993
Jubei is a masterless ninja who travels the land alone, lending his services to those with gold—or a worthy cause. His fearsome abilities have served him well, but a plot to overthrow the government threatens to end his wandering ways—and possibly his life.
Our read: Ninja Scroll (1993) reads as a heavy, breathless, inventive action · historical · horror entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, breathless, extreme action / historical, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- kinetic
- extreme
- cold
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