Are These the Top 10 Ninja Movies?

Is by far a ninja movie classic. The swords swing and slice into action when a shogun’s wife is murdered and is forced into exile after being framed. He gives his infant son a choice between a ball, to represent freeing death and a sword, representing a life of threat and danger. His son chooses the sword and which marks the beginning of a violent struggle to survive in a sea of assassins. Of course, ComicMix fans also know this is adapted from the classic Lone Wolf & Cub tells the story of a group of samurai that turned their backs on fame and wealth to fight to protect a village of oppressed farmers. In what is easily one of the most epicninja-samurai films of all time, Seven Samurai weaves the violent genre with human emotion, courage and hope.

NINJA SCROLL

When demons wipe out an entire village with a mysterious plague, a wandering ninja, Jubei, teams up with the femme fatal, Kagero, to defeat the evil forces. With its mix of samurai action and supernatural fantasy, Ninja Scroll

With its release in 2009, this ninja tale about a trained assassin has recently won its spot in top ninja movies. Raizo waits the day he can get his revenge on a secret society for killing his child-hood best friend. Raizo ends up being hunted down through the streets of Europe in what is one of the most action and bloody-packed ninja movies around.

KILL BILL

Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill may not be an honorary ninja classic, but does play homage to earlier ninja films with its revenge-drama style plot. The story follows a former female assasin, ‘The Bride’, left for dead by her ex-fiancee, Bill, and his entrourage of assasins, as she seeks revenge until killing every last one of them.  The two part bloody-action flick has one of the greatest sword action scenes to date when The Bride, alone, takes on 88 ninja assasins called The ‘Crazy 88’s’.

ENTER THE NINJA

Famous from his array of Spaghetti Westerns and Euro Crimes films, Franco Nero, made his ninja debut in Enter the Ninja. While visiting a friend in the Phillipines, Cole is a approaced by villain Charlies Venerius, and propositions him to kill his friend. Cole refuses which sparks a  fest of ninja battles and one of a kind stunt choreaphy. Definitely one for the Ninjas!

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Take, for example, the famous title Lone Wolf and Cub. It is one of the best manga turned graphic novel to be exported from Japan. The drawings which sometimes contain no dialogue speak thousands of works in a few speechless frames.



Are These the Top 10 Ninja Movies?

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Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

Kozure ôkami: Ko wo kashi ude kashi tsukamatsuru

子連れ狼 子を貸し腕貸しつかまつる

Released: 1972

Running Time: 83 min

Director: Kenji Misumi

Starring:

Tomisaburo Wakayama

Fumio Watanabe

Tomoko Mayama

“Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance” is the first of a series of films based on the influential “Lone Wolf and Cub” manga series. It faithfully takes writer Kazuo Koike and artist Goseki Kojima’s tale about a court executioner who becomes a sword for hire after being framed for treason and successfully transposes it to the big screen. Tomisaburo Wakayama stars as Ogami Ittō the indomitable rogue assassin who embarks on the road to vengeance while accompanied by his son Daigoro .

The story unfolds with Ogami Ittō and son wandering through desolate town after desolate town looking for work. What has led them on this road is slowly revealed through a series of flashbacks. We are shown Ogami Ittō in his glory days as an executioner for The Shogun. He carries out his duty in a cold and reserve way, not even blinking an eye when he’s ordered to take the head of a child. Things get more complicated when the Yagyu Shadow Clan devise a plan to rob Ogami of his post by setting him up. They murder his wife and plant evidence in his shrine to portray him as a traitor. It is at this point that swords are drawn and the bloodshed begins.

As an origin story, “Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance” is incredibly satisfying. Though at times confusing, the filmmakers do a well enough job in giving you the back story of Ogami Ittō and setting the tone for the rest of the series. It’s basically one big revenge story intercut with the various “jobs” that Ogami takes on as he moves from town to town. As a result we get a generous offering of swordplay, rape and bloodletting. The flashback structure works well because it interrupts the violence temporary with quiet moments that reveal the innerworkings of an impenetrable man. There’s a wonderful scene in which Ogami recalls the moment in which he gives Daigoro the choice between a ball or a sword. The scene is impactful because we as the audience know what is at stake with each decision. As 70s samurai movies goes, this one stands out for not only how beautifully choreographed the action is but also for how thoughtful it is. The story takes it time to unfold, building suspense and intrigue as it moves along.


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bishonenrockmysocks Totally getting a comical version of 'Lone Wolf and Cub' off this episode. !Jack


David Morris Lone Wolf and Cub is on TV. Only promising thing that I've caught in 8 months of Japanese TV.


ben jackson I stand corrected all 6 Lone Wolf and Cub films are available in a boxed set for 75 bucks through AnimEgo


ben jackson Lack of anything to do. Put on my terrible dub of Shogun Assassian, would it kill to release the original Lone Wolf and Cub movies?


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