아메리칸 닌자 4 (1990)
The tradition lives on!
장르 : 액션, 스릴러
상영시간 : 1시간 39분
연출 : Cedric Sundstrom
각본 : David Geeves
시놉시스
숀과 칼은 아랍인과 전 영국 대령이 이끄는 테러리스트(닌자)들이 핵폭탄을 뉴욕으로 가지러 오려 한다는 정보를 받고 보내져 인질로 잡힌 특공대원들을 구출하기 위해 파견된다. 그러나 그들도 그들을 도와주던 간호원 사라와 함께 닌자들에게 붙잡힌다. 숀의 친구인 조는 평화봉사단원으로 싸움에 흥미가 없으나 친구인 숀을 위해 그를 구하러 간다. 닌자들을 전복하려는 사우프트링의 탐바의 도움을 받아 요새의 설계도를 얻어낸 그는 화형에 처하기 진적의 미국인들과 숀을 구하고 학교로 돌아간다.
Fifteen years after Ishida Mitsunari lost in the battle of Sekigahara, Tokugawa Ieyasu foresees his unavoidable battle with Toyotomi Hideyori and goes into Fushimi Castle. At the night, Hattori Hanzo, the leader of 36 Iga members who were performing as guards of the castle, perceives the existence of a ninja and captures the mysterious sneaker.
The Shinobi-no-Mono series was so successful that Daiei Studios dipped into the well one more time, making the best 60′s B&W ninja movie ever seen in the otherwise color-dominated year of 1970. Issei Mori directs Hiroki Matsukata as the reluctant leader of a small band of spies charged with kidnapping a noblewoman from a heavily ninja-proofed castle. The finality of the air slowly began to fill like smoke, and in all that had become dark the loyalty of the Ninja who dared to go shone like light as they entered a world shrouded in mystery. Things do not go as planned in what is possibly the darkest and most fatalistic of the already noir-ish 60′s fare. Both the decade and it’s distinctive style of shinobi cinema went out on a high note with Mission Iron Castle.
Kataoka Chiezo stars as Murasaki Zukin, a mysterious hero of the people who helps those in need. Now under the rule of the evil Tanuma, the people look to Murasaki Zukin more than ever, to confront and punish those who bring misfortune upon the commoners. Will he be able to bring peace to the land? One of the greatest actors from Toei Studios, known mainly for his swashbuckling roles as powerful swordsmen such as Ryunosuke in SOULS IN THE MOONLIGHT, he appeared in 325 films both before and after the war, beginning with CHUSHINGURA in 1928, and including KUNISADA CHUJI in 1933, and DOKUGANRYO MASAMUNE. While best known for his swordplay, Chiezo really did not enjoy the action, but was able to use his menacing presence to stare down his adversaries. Although Kataoka Chiezo passed away in 1983 at the age of 79, he still has many fans today. This film shows him at his best.
Wearing a mask to hide his identity, a deadly swordsman challenges a tyrant from the Ruling Council of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Both TANUMA Okitsugu of the ‘Roju’ (Ruling Council) and his son Okitomo, the Magistrate in charge of the gold mint, have been abusing their political power to steal gold by casting coins with only half the amount of precious metal and keeping the rest for themselves. TAKAHASHI Hideki stars as a popular Ukiyoe artist, KANO Hidemaro, who dons a purple hood to hide his real identity, has learned of their plot and fights to stop them. The Purple Hooded Avenger is a well-known and popular series in Japan, and he stands up against injustice from the powerful ‘Elder’ TANUMA of the ‘Roju’. The story told here occurred during the 'Tenmei' Era (1781-1789). An extraordinary movie, a must see!
During the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, a Chinese woman trains in the covert arts. When she arrives in Hong Kong, she learns that her brother works on behalf the Japanese cause. She then pulls together a team of women warriors to stop her brother
[Period Covered: 1570-1573] Towards the end of the Tenmon Era, Shogun Ashikaga`s powers were weakening by the day and many were there who planned to overthrow him. It was the beginning of the Sengoku (Warring States) period. Three men attack a gunpowder maker in a farmhouse, the first chopping off his arm with his sickle-&-chain weapon, the second blinding him with sword, the third giving the killing blow. His son Kojiro Kosume escapes the attackers as everything he has known up to then explodes into conflagration. He grows up & enters the start of the Tokugawa Era, intent on avenging his father.
[Period covered: 1616] On May 8th, 1615 the summer campaign of Osaka has reached the climax. This film takes place immediately following 'Ninja 4: Mist Saizo, Last of The Ninja'. Staying one step ahead of the Shogun’s forces, “Mist” Saizo tries to save the Sanada Clan, and avenge the death of his lord by assassinating the first Tokugawa Shogun. Following the first four films in this remarkable series, more previously unknown Ninja skills are shown to the world for the first time. The action heats up as Saizo single-handedly attacks the Shogun’s Palace!
[Period covered: 1637-1651] This is one of the most complicated plots of any of the Shinobi no Mono films! This film tells the story of Saizo’s son, Kirigakure Saisuke, who after seeing his father die at the Battle Of Shimabara, grows up to be an expert ninja. Before he dies, “Mist” Saizo tells his children Saisuke, and Yuri that they are not really brother and sister. She, in fact, is the daughter of the late lord Sanada Yukimura, and must be saved from the shogun’s forces. In the chess match of spy versus spy, can Saisuke defeat the shogun’s chief strategist, Matsudaira Izunokami at his own game? Showing many exciting ninja tactics, it is not to be missed.
[Period covered: 1614-1615] 4th film in the shinobi no mono series Tokugawa Ieyasu is now the ruler of all Japan. But one last loose thread must be tied up before his domination is complete -- the destruction of the Toyotomi clan, now beseiged in Osaka castle. Ieyasu's ninja are the only ones who can penetrate the fortress, but unfortunately for Ieyasu, Kirigakure Saizo (Ichikawa) and the other Toyotomi ninja can just as easily get out. As armies of samurai maneuver for battle, the fate of the nation will be decided by a desperate struggle in the dark!
[Period covered: 1616] Kirigakure Saizo (Mist Saizo) returns for the final time as he sets out to assassinate Tokugawa Ieyasu in order to avenge the death of Lord Sanada Yukimura. But first he must contend with Ieyasu’s own ninja group led by the powerful Fuma Daijuro, who has a score to settle with the men of Iga that dates back 280 years to the war between the Genji and the Heike at the Battle of Dan-no-Ura. Tremendous fighting and great plot twists highlight this exceptional look into the lives of the mysterious ninja of Japan.
The story centres around various gang related tribulations plus a long running feud between a scruffy looking detective who spends the entire film shivering as though suffering from Heroin withdrawal symptoms(!) and Hwang who plays his old friend who has clearly landed on the wrong side of the tracks as it were and is now head of a gang called the Yellow Tigers. Throw into this mix a sub plot involving the lucrative ownership of a night club, a woman searching for her missing sister and of course the newly edited in footage which details the hired goons fighting on behalf of the gangs
A young boy joins a band of ninja during a peasant uprising, all depicted through an experimental form of filming pages from the original manga set to sound.
A terrible war has ravaged the land, and now, fuelled by the blood of numerous fallen warriors the Yoma, demons from hell, emerge once more. A skilled ninja seeks to end the bloodshed these demons inflict upon humanity, but to do this he must fight against his undead former best friend and fellow ninja who was killed in battle and has been resurrected to serve the Yoma.
Two police officers discover an island laboratory where a madwoman is turning martial artists into superkillers.
Sewage workers Jack and Charlie get involved in an international Asian gang war when Jack helps the boss of a Shanghai gang against one of his rebellious underlings. This underling then strikes a deal with the Japanese Yakuza in the hopes of toppling his boss and become the leader of Shanghai himself. When the Yakuza assassinate the Shanghai boss, Jack pledges to avenge his new friend's death. As he seeks out those ultimately responsible, he does battle with a variety of ninjas and mercenaries from around the world.
게임 원작 OVA 1991년 11월 21일에 팩 인 비디오를 통해 발매되었다.작품내의 시계열은 패미컴판 「I」의 후일로 되어 있다(월간 애니메이션, 패밀리 컴퓨터 Magazine으로부터).패미컴판 「II」나 게임보이판의 「마천루 결전」의 패키지에는, 본작의 류의 컷이 사용되었다.
Set in 16th Century Japan, the film takes place against a background of civil war, with the Iga ninja being ruled over by warlord Nobunaga Oda with an iron fist, keeping them in check with harsh laws and handing out executions at will. Mika Hijii plays Ukagami, the toughest female warrior of her clan, who is sent out on a mission by the villainous ‘Lesser Ninja’ as part of his plot to take over the Iga. After his trap fails, he kidnaps her childhood friend, pushing her to go against the clan in a bloody mission of rescue and revenge.
An evil corporation it out to harvest organs from live people and smuggle them into the country. It is up to our hero to find out who is behind this illegal operation and put an end to the group once and for all.
십 수년 전. 수수께끼의 닌자 가면 남자에 의해 거대한 마수 구미가 풀려나고 만다. 구미에 쫓겨 괴멸 위기에 처한 나뭇잎 마을. 마을을 지킬 수 있는 방법은 단 한가지. 리더인 4대 호카게 미나토와 아내 쿠시나가 함께 막 태어난 아들 나루토의 몸에 구미를 봉인하는 것 뿐. 자신의 생명을 희생한 두 사람에 의해 가까스로 마을은 구해지고, 그 미래는 나루토에게 맡겨지게 되는데. 시간은 흘러, 죽은 줄로 알고 있던 멤버까지 합세해 아카츠키가 나뭇잎 마을을 습격한다. 그런데 이상하게도 아카츠키는 별다른 반격도 없이 물러난다. 사투를 끝낸 나루토는 갑자기 나뭇잎 마을에 모습을 드러낸 가면 남자로부터 습격을 받는다. 사쿠라와 나루토는 가면 남자의 동술에 당해 정신을 잃게 된다. 그런데 눈을 뜬 두 사람 앞에 펼쳐진 나뭇잎 마을이 평소와 다르다는 것을 깨닫는다. 카카시나, 츠나데, 제7반의 멤버, 언제나 함께한 동료들이 마치 다른 사람인 것처럼 변해 있는 것이 아닌가. 게다가 사스케까지 마을에 돌아와 있다. 더 놀라운 것은 죽은 나루토의 부모 미나토와 쿠시나가 살아 있는 것!! 도대체 무슨 일이 일어 난 걸까? 갑자기 눈앞의 현실이 변해버리고 만 것에 대해 당혹해 하는 나루토와 사쿠라. 하지만 나루토는 부모와 만날 수 있게 되었다는 기쁨을 감출 수가 없다. 한편, 이 세계는 또 한번 가면 남자에 의해 존망의 위기를 맞게 된다. 구미의 힘을 노리는 가면 남자. 또 한번 나뭇잎 마을에 멸망의 위기가 찾아오게 되는데…과연, 나루토는 가면 남자로부터 세계를 지켜낼 수 있을까?
Kabamaru is a young boy raised and trained by his grandfather as a ninja. After the sudden death of his grandfather, he starts living with Mai, his grandfather’s mistress, who is a school director. He is asked to help out on struggles against other schools, as he is master of the ninja mystical arts. As time passes he will make lots of friends as well as enemies, and fall in love with Mai.
