Ninja Kids!!! (2011)

Ninja Kids!!! is a 2011 Japanese children’s movie directed by Takashi Miike. It’s based on NHK’s long-running children’s anime series (1993-) which itself was based on Sobee Amako’s gag manga “Rakudai Ninja Rantaro” (1986-).

Movie info

Original title: 忍たま乱太郎
Transliterated title: Nintama Rantaro
Release date: July 23, 2011
Directed by: Takashi Miike
Written by: Soubee Amako (manga)
Distributed by: Warner Bros.

Region 3 NTSC DVD (English subtitles)
Label: Panorama (Hong Kong)
Out: May 31, 2012
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Region A Blu-ray (English subtitles)
Label: Panorama (Hong Kong)
Out: May 31, 2012
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Plot

In Sengoku period Japan an 8-year-old boy named Rantaro is born into a small-time ninja family. Following through on his parents’ expectation that he will also become a ninja, he’s enrolled at a special school to learn the art of ninjutsu. However, he often gets distracted from his studies by two equally clumsy friends, Shinbee and Kirimaru. When a fourth year student named Takamaru Saito—the son of a barber and member of a clan of assassins—appears, it becomes necessary for Rantaro to rise up to save a friend.

Featured Cast

Actor		Role
	Seishiro Kato	Rantaro
	Roi Hayashi	Kirimaru
	Fuuta Kimura	Shinbe
	Shido Nakamura	Dad
	Rei Dan	Mom
	Hiroki Matsukata	Happosai
	Naoto Takenaka
	Susumu Terajima	Yamada-sensei
	Mikijiro Hira	Ookawa
	Takahiro Miura	Doi-sensei
	Takuya Mizoguchi
	Guama	Tomomi

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