Mirai Ninja (film)

Mirai Ninja: Keigumo Kinin Gaiden (未来忍者：慶雲機忍外伝, lit. "Future Ninja: Stealth Joy Cloud Device Side Story"), known as Cyber Ninja in the United States,[1] Warlord in Canada and Robo Ninja in the UK, is a 1988 Japanese science fiction action film directed by Keita Amemiya, which was co-produced and released by Namco that premiered at the Tokyo International Fantastic Film Festival.[2] The film is based on the arcade game of the same name which was also developed and released by Namco.[3][4]

Mirai Ninja
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKeita Amemiya
Written byKeita Amemiya
Satoshi Kitahara
Production
company
Gaga Communications
Graphical Corporation Crowd Inc
Namco
Release date
1988 (Japan)
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Plot

In a future time a war is being waged between humans and cyborgs. One of the elite cyberninja of the enemy goes rogue and sets out to assist the royal family after their headstrong princess is captured and destined to become the final sacrifice needed to summon the cyborg legions digital overlord from another dimension. The resistance army sends a small band of soldiers in, among whom is a determined young man out to avenge the death of his brother at the hands of the robots. After suffering many losses and battling towards the enemy castle it is revealed that the cyberninja Shiranui is in fact the lost brother, transformed into the robot and now determined to regain his human body. The survivours must storm the technological castle and rescue the princess before the resistance army fires a super cannon to prevent the summoning of the electronic evil.

Cast
  • Hanbei Kawai as Akagi
  • Hiroki Ida as Jiromaru
  • Eri Morishita as Princess Saki
  • Makoto Yokoyama as Shiranui

Release

Originally screened in Japan in 1988, Cyber Ninja was released on VHS on July 25, 1995,[5] and on region 2 DVD in 2003 (Japan, Europe, Middle East, Greenland, and South Africa).[6] The U.S. DVD was released in 2009.

Reception

The movie met with mixed reviews from Western film critics. It holds a 44% "Rotten" approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[7]

References
  1. ComicAttack. "From Friendly Ghosts To Gamma Rays: Smurfs and Cyber Ninjas!". ComicAttack. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
  2. "WORKS 監督". crowdinc.com (in Japanese). CROWD.
  3. "Mirai Ninja". flyers.arcade-museum.com. The Arcade Flyer Archive.
  4. "未来忍者". eiga-chirashi.jp (in Japanese). サイト.
  5. Yuen Biao. "Cyber Ninja [VHS]: Hanbei Kawai, Hiroki Ida, Eri Morishita, Makoto Yokoyama, Fuyukichi Maki, Masaaki Emori, Shôhei Yamamoto, Satoshi Itô, Mizuho Yoshida, Chikara Aragaki, Kiichirou Tai, Hajime Iwasaki, Satou Anada, Hiromi Saitô, Kaori Nitami, Hiroaki Mita, Hideki Sasaki, Keita Amemiya: Movies & TV". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
  6. "Mirai Ninja (aka Cyber Ninja, Robo Ninja) Original Video [DVD]". Cdjapan.co.jp. 2003-10-24. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
  7. "Cyber Ninja". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2014-01-11.

Mirai Ninja at IMDb

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