Everyone likes Ninjas, right?  Well, except for Pirates, of course, but they dont count.   Anyway, if you DO like ninjas and kick ass martial arts sequences then you should definitely check out Shinobi: Heart Under Blade.

This movie gets an 8/10.  The action is pretty good, but the special effects are occasionally pretty cheesy -- and for a movie made in 2005, there isnt any good excuse for that.  This movie may strike Anime fans as being extremely similar to Basilisk, and with good reason -- they are both based on the same 1959 novel (Yamada Futaro’s “Kouga Ninpou Cho”).

Anyway, if you want a good Japanese Ninja movie, buy Shinobi: Heart Under Blade.

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