Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
- Violence
- Mild
- Frights
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
- In Japanese — subtitles on.
The story
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.
- rescue
- japan
- bondage
- sexual abuse
- ninja
- tragedy
- cruelty
- demon
- female ninja
- scroll
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Koichi Yamadera
Jubei Kibagami (voice)
Emi Shinohara
Kagero (voice)
Takeshi Aono
Dakuan (voice)
Daisuke Gori
Genma Himuro (voice)
- Ryuuzaburou Ootomo — Tessai (voice)
- Akimasa Omori — Shijima (voice)
- Gara Takashima — Benisato (voice)
- Norio Wakamoto — Utsutsu Mujuurou (voice)
- Toshihiko Seki — Yurimaru (voice)
- Masako Katsuki — Zakuro (voice)
- Reizō Nomoto — Mushizou (voice)
- Ichiro Nagai — Doujin (voice)
- Osamu Saka — Masked Samurai (voice)
- Katsuji Mori — Hanza (voice)
- Yusaku Yara — Genpachi (voice)
- Directed
- Yoshiaki Kawajiri
- Written
- Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Production
- Rating
- 7.8 / 10 · 772 ratings
- Studio
- Madhouse, Animate Film, JVC, movic
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
