Yôtôden

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In the year 1580, a man named Lord Nobunaga Oda sends hoards of unholy armies across Japan, slaying all who stand in their way. A young ninja escapes her villages' destruction with a short s... Read allIn the year 1580, a man named Lord Nobunaga Oda sends hoards of unholy armies across Japan, slaying all who stand in their way. A young ninja escapes her villages' destruction with a short sword, one of the three mystical weapons that can end Oda's rule. During her quest, she is ... Read allIn the year 1580, a man named Lord Nobunaga Oda sends hoards of unholy armies across Japan, slaying all who stand in their way. A young ninja escapes her villages' destruction with a short sword, one of the three mystical weapons that can end Oda's rule. During her quest, she is joined by two other ninjas who wield the other two weapons of legend, the sacred sword and... Read all

Directors
- Toshiyuki Sakurai
- Osamu Yamasaki
Writers
- Shô Aikawa
- Takeshi Narumi
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IMDb RATING

5.6/10

502

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Toshiyuki Sakurai
- Osamu Yamasaki
Writers
- Shô Aikawa
- Takeshi Narumi
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Wrath of the Ninja: The Yotoden Movie

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Keiko Toda

Kasumi no Ayanosuke
(voice)

Kazuhiko Inoue

Hayate no Sakon
(voice)

Takeshi Watabe

Fudô no Ryôma
(voice)

Gregory Abbey

Jinpei
(English version)
(voice)
(as Frank Frankson)

Sharon Becker

Kikyo
(English version)
(voice)

Bill Blechingberg

Additional Voices
(English version)
(voice)

Shannon Conley

Kayo
(English version)
(voice)

Wayne Grayson

Ranmaru
(English version)
(voice)
(as Vinnie Penna)

Socko Jones

Additional Voices
(English version)
(voice)

Tsutomu Kashiwakura

Mori Ranmaru
(voice)

Kiyoshi Kobayashi

Gen'yûsai
(voice)

George Leaver

Additional Voices
(English version)
(voice)

Rose Markisello

Ayame
(English version)
(voice)
(as Rose Markeisello)

Eken Mine

Ryôan
(voice)

Akira Murakami

Narrator
(voice)

Tomomichi Nishimura

Momochi Tanba
(voice)

Reizô Nomoto

Kira no Masa
(voice)

Dan Olk

Ryoan
(English version)
(voice)
(as Jack Taylor)

Directors
- Toshiyuki Sakurai
- Osamu Yamasaki
Writers
- Shô Aikawa
- Takeshi Narumi
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10jd-348

A classic

After having spent a lot of my youth watching such movies, I found this one very easy to follow in both the unedited and cut versions, (Although the story has much more to hold it together in the unedited version. Unlike Ninja Scroll this movie hit a much more serious note and i think that's where it hit me. The animation while grainy is very original, and I just love the way artists in that year stressed shadows to show different emotions. I think the story is perfect. The beginning of the movie really hits hard and as the movie progresses you get the feeling that you're going along in this adventure with the characters. As they meet, become allies and find out the their greatest strengths, a lot of heart was put into this.

4yy15

Too many death

It's perfectly ok that people dies in an animation, but there are just way too many death in this one. Start from the very beginning, the story is all around battles, fights, death, and revenge. It goes on and on for entire one and a half hour. It was interesting at the beginning, but I grew very tire after before the show was half way through. Unlike other animations, this one is lack of humor. There are not many interactions between the characters either. The good thing about it is the sword fight scene looks pretty good and the characters look nice.

9GreyFox37

It's like an rpg

this particular title is very interesting. the whole movie was like watching a ninja RPG, which is really cool. three magical swords, three clans, a horrible demon, a political power, yotoden has it all. the animation is decent, but a little grainy, the story is top notch, and the fight scenes are real cool. one thing that really looks good in this movie are the monsters. they are pretty freaky. if you liked blood reign and ninja scroll, yotoden is the one to see.

5siderite

Average anime, nothing special

The animation is good, but not too good. Not bad either, but a little grainy. The plot is complex, but not really thought through, and it is not conveyed in an edible manner. Things happen too fast, characters all look alike and you don't know where they came from and why people care when they die. The fighting scenes are decent, but I think they used too much of that "slow motion after the sword hits" which actually doesn't show anything, just the spurts of blood.

Watch it if you want to be sure you see all Japanese anime with ninjas :) but other than that, don't bother if you have something good to watch.

3Anaythea

Good if you like ninja movies.

Well OK, I've seen Wrath of the Ninja.

It isn't something that I would recommend to people who aren't seriously into japanese fighting movies. This is a sort of japanese fighting ninja movie, with a complex plot. It's about these 3 old ninja schools that had these 3 "Swords of Sorcery". I saw the subtitled version (NOT recommended by the way, it's easy to miss something) and I didn't really keep up with it all. It had some good scenes tough, but in general, it wasn't much to my liking.

Trivia
Central Park Media released the movie twice: The first was the 'Wrath of the Ninja The Yotoden Movie' in 2003. The second release was in 2006 and was in a "collector's edition" which was a two-disc set and included both the Wrath of the Ninja The Yotoden Movie and the Yotoden: Chronicle of the Warlord Period 3 episode OVA series, which had never been released on DVD.

Quotes
Ayame: I wanted to slay the monster that destroyed Kasumi, but to do that, I had to go to Hyuga and Hagakure.
Sakon: Ha. Vengence? What good would it do for you to go to Hagakure? Our enemy has the power to destroy our hometowns within one night. Do you think that with just the fighting force of Hagakure, you could defeat it?
Ayame: If not, then why are you going to Hagakure?
Sakon: Ha. well, I wonder.