Ninja Scroll

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Jade

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Best anime movie ever made.

Anyone who likes MK should very much enjoy this movie and it's buckets of blood.


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Five years before the start of the film, the fictitious Yamashiro clan's chief retainers (vassal lords) dig gold out of a secret mine behind their lord's back. The lord of the Yamashiro clan wants to have the gold for himself, but his forces are not strong enough, so he cannot act alone. He also cannot go to the government first, because they would take the gold if they knew about the mine. He orders his ninja team, led by Himuro Gemma, to assassinate the chief retainers, claiming he would then report the mine to the government. Jubei Kibagami and Shinkuro are members of this ninja team. After the chief retainers are murdered, the Yamashiro lord does not report the mine to the government. Later, Gemma orders Shinkuro and others to kill Jubei, hoping they would all kill each other, thus eliminating everyone who knew about the mine. Reluctantly, Jubei kills Shinkuro and the others in self-defense. While Gemma is riding along a pass, Jubei springs from the snow and cuts off his head to avenge Shinkuro and the others. Jubei then becomes a wandering swordsman-for-hire.

Sometime later, Gemma is inexplicably able to reincarnate himself, and over the next five years, becomes leader of a demon ninja group known as the Devils of Kimon, who in turn work for the mysterious Shogun of the Dark (really the lord of the House of Toyotomi), which holds a grudge against the current government, the Tokugawa shogunate, and wants to overthrow it. Gemma tells the Shogun of the Dark the location of the secret mine. Meanwhile, Tokugawa government spies are trying to determine where the mine is. The Shogun of the Dark sends the Devils of Kimon to protect the Yamashiro clan from the government spies and government intervention in return for gold from the mine. The Yamashiro clan sends a large shipment of gold to the Shogun of the Dark, but the ship is wrecked in a storm on the coast near the village of Shimoda, in Mochizuki clan territory. Gemma and the Devils of Kimon are sent to recover the gold. They wipe out Shimoda village by poisoning the wells to get rid of any witnesses. They make it look as if a plague has killed the villagers. The next night, a team of Mochizuki Koga ninja is sent to investigate the plague in Shimoda village, but on their way they are slaughtered. The only survivor is Kagero, who is captured and is almost raped by her assailant, a huge stone golem called Tessai. Rescued by the wandering mercenary ninja Jubei Kibagami, Kagero escapes to continue her mission, while Tessai vengefully pursues Jubei. Tessai succeeds in ambushing Jubei but is killed.

Tokugawa shogunate spy Dakuan, who had been observing Jubei, reveals that Tessai belonged to a supernatural ninja group known as the Devils of Kimon, who will constantly attack him to avenge the death of their comrade. Calling his bluff, Jubei is fatally poisoned by Dakuan in an attempt to force Jubei into his employ, the reward for his service being 100 pieces of gold and the antidote to his poison, which will kill him in under a day. The two unite with Kagero to determine the Devils of Kimon agenda and how it relates to the mysterious plague in Shimoda. Dakuan continues the main investigation on his own, using Jubei and Kagero as decoys, who must constantly fend off deadly attacks from the remaining members of the Devils of Kimon, the leader of whom is reputed to be Jubei's old nemesis Gemma, who was killed several years previously. Later on, Dakuan reveals to Kagero that the poison in Jubei can only be cured if she sleeps with him, much to her shock. During this she is abducted by the Devil Shijima, but is later rescued by Jubei.

The Devils of Kimon recover the gold and move it by cart to nearby Kishima Harbor, to have it picked up by another ship and sent to the Shogun of the Dark. Jubei, Kagero, and Dakuan attempt to stop them, but Kagero is fatally wounded by Gemma, who was impersonating her lord - the Mochizuki clan leader, Sakaki Hiyobu. In her dying moments, Jubei rushes to Kagero's aid, who confesses her love for him and the two share a kiss before she passes away, curing Jubei of his poison. Enraged by the death of Kagero, Jubei fights through the enemy forces to get to the ship as it is casting off. Dakuan has also sneaked on the ship; he overhears the Toyotomi retainer and Gemma discussing the Shogun of the Dark's plan for the gold. The Shogun of the Dark plans to use the gold to buy advanced guns from Spain and to overthrow the government. Gemma reveals that he had planned to steal the gold for himself all along, to use it to raise the largest ninja army ever. He ultimately plans to rule the country from the shadows. Gemma kills the Toyotomi retainer, and takes over the ship. Meanwhile, Jubei and Dakuan sneak into the hold of the ship, and in a fight with Zakuro, the ship is set on fire. Gemma goes down to the hold, and in a final battle with Jubei amongst the flames, he falls into the molten gold. Jubei and Dakuan escape the burning ship while Gemma's golden body sinks with the rest of the gold to the bottom of the sea.
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Characters

Jubei Kibigami: A vagabond ninja who becomes an enemy of the 8 Demons of Kimon when he interrupts Tessai raping Kagero, ultimately resulting in Tessai's death. His talent rests in his expert swordsmanship being able to defeat a vast number of opponents by himself.

Kagero: The official food taster for the Koga Clan Chamberlain. She follows a team of ninja into a rural village to investigate a sudden epidemic that has been spread by the 8 Demons of Kimon and which has killed all the villagers. All her fellow ninjas are massacred by Tessai, who captures Kagero. She is soon rescued by Jubei and ordered by the Chamberlain to further investigate the Demons of Kimon. This leads to her making an alliance with Jubei and Dakuan. Kagero has an immunity to poisons and her work as a food taster has resulted in her body becoming poisonous due to her ingestion of so many toxins and poisons. Anyone who sleeps with or even kisses her therefore dies shortly after due to the poison in her body. Gemma later impales her with a sword while he is disguised as the Chamberlain. The injury kills her shortly after.

Dakuan: A shady government spy who is also sent to investigate and stop the 8 Demons of Kimon and their allies, the Shogun of the Dark who wish to overthrow the government. He commits Jubei to his cause by stabbing him with a poisoned shuriken and promising him an antidote and 100 pieces of gold only after the demons have been defeated. When he is attacked by Shijima, Dakuan demonstrates his ability to blend into his environment, like a chameleon, as he disguises himself as a tree branch to avoid confrontation.

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Gemma: The leader of the 8 Demons of Kimon who is working with The Shogun of the Dark to overthrow the government. He later betrays the head of the shogun, taking possession of his vast quantity of gold as well as taking charge of the shogun's men. He was decapitated by Jubei prior to the film's events, but has the ability to reincarnate himself and therefore keeps coming back to life as demonstrated by his last confrontation with Jubei. He is finally defeated by being cast in liquid gold and sinking to the bottom of the ocean as his ship is destroyed.

Zakuro: The 7th demon to be defeated. She is in love with Yurimaru, who instead loves Gemma. Zakuro has the ability to set explosives traps both in living and dead organisms. She is burned to death by Jubei and Dakuan.

Yurimaru: The 6th demon to be defeated and the right hand of Gemma. He kills Benisato after hearing from Zakuro that she is sharing her bed with Gemma, who he is also in love with. He has the ability to electrocute people and nearly kills Jubei, but is instead killed himself by an explosive trap set by Zakuro.

Shijima: The 5th demon to be defeated. He has the ability to merge into the shadows, create clones of himself, fire a large metallic claw from his hand and even possess people's minds. He kidnaps Kagero and possesses her mind so that she fights Jubei. Jubei kills him shortly after.
Majuro Utsutsu: The 4th demon to be defeated. He is a blind swordsman who challenges Jubei to a fight to the death. He is an incredibly skilled swordsman, having an uncanny hearing ability to engage his enemy as well blinding his enemy by reflecting light from his sword. Despite his skill he is ultimately defeated by Jubei.

Mushizo: The 3rd demon to be defeated. A dwarf who holds a hornet's nest in his back and is able to control these insects to do his bidding. He sends massive swarms of hornets after Jubei but is defeated when he falls into the lake, and is stung to death by the hornets as they try and escape from the nest in his back.

Benisato: The 2nd demon to be defeated. A seductive woman who has snake tattoos all over her body. Believing Jubei killed Tessai, she tracks him down to some hot springs where he is bathing. The snake tattoos on her body come to life and attack Jubei, who kills them easily and holds a blade at Benisato's neck. She escapes by shedding her skin like a snake and fleeing. She encounters Jubei again in a temple, disguised as an old woman praying. This time she captures Jubei with her swarm of snakes, but he is rescued by Kagero. Benisato is then killed by Yurimaru who is angry that she is sleeping with Gemma.

Tessai: The first demon to be defeated. He is an incredibly large man who has the ability to turn his skin as hard as rock and fights with a staff with large sword blades on each end. After wiping out the Koga Clan ninja and capturing Kagero he begins to rape her and he becomes poisoned from the toxins in her body. His short temper soon sees him in a fight with Jubei who interrupted him to ask him for directions. In his second encounter with Jubei, the poison takes effect and Tessai is weakened. He is killed by his own weapon after he throws his staff at Jubei, who dodges it and manages to cut off one of his hands. When the staff returns to him like a boomerang, he fails to catch it and it stabs him through his head.

The Chamberlain: He sends Kagero to investigate the demons and she sends her reports to him throughout the film. He has little respect for those who work for him, as he is shown having sex while hearing that his entire team of ninjas were killed by Tessai and describes them as "useless". He later brings reinforcements to Kagero and Jubei before their final showdown with Gemma and the Shogun, but this ends up being Gemma himself in disguise, as he explains that he murdered the Chamberlain three days prior.

Hanza: The captain for Koga clan ninja team. He is killed by Tessai who tears his arms off. Jubei and Kagero encounter him again seemingly alive walking near a cliff face. However his body is filled with explosives and his body is detonated by Zakuro.


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Yup I remember this. It was a great movie and yes I was shocked at how perverted tit was too (I was only 11 back then). Now seeing things like these really entertain me. lol ;-)
 
Oh my :O

This movie is on Netflix so I guess I'll check it out after fullmetal alchemist brotherhood :)
 
I can't say Ninja Scrolls is my personal favorite, but I enjoyed it at the time I watched it.

BTW, I never understood the significance of "Scroll" in the title.
 
This anime was pretty broken(good). When I was younger it kind of creeped me out a little bit.

Infact when I watched Basilisk, It reminded me of Ninja Scroll.
 
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought of Ninja Scroll when watching Basilisk. :laugh:

Ninja Scroll is an excellent film. If you haven't seen it, do so.
 
The first time I saw it was on my birthday in 1999 on Teletoon. I have no idea why but they used to play it every year on my birthday on that channel.

I have the 10th Anniversary Collection DVD. I just can't ever get bored of this movie <3

The porn is still a little eye popping, though, haha, but my favourite character is Utsutsu Mujuro. The scene with him fighting Jubei in the bamboo forest is fecking awesome.
 
Just finished watching it. It was a good movie :) I was mad when Kagero died :/ My favorite scene was when Jubei killed Tessai.
 
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