Ninja Scroll (4K)

Classic screening. New Farm, The Elizabeth & Tower Cinemas Newcastle. Limited sessions. Directed by cult anime legend Yoshiaki Kawajiri (Wicked City, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, and the Animatrix) FEUDAL JAPAN—A TIME OF DANGER, INTRIGUE AND DECEPTION. Swords shatter, blood sprays and demons suck the life out of dying men as the wildest samurai adventure ever made is unleashed to tear your senses asunder! Jubei Kibagami has always been the master dealer of death, but in rescuing a ninja woman from a monster he sets loose a chain of events that puts death in his own veins and sends them on a nightmarish odyssey through a surreal and devil infested ancient Japan. How do demonic possessions, an annihilated village and a man Jubei thought safely buried in his past all connect? If Jubei can't piece the blood-soaked clues together, his only consolation will be that he won't live to regret it for very long! Prepare your mind and steel your gut for the insanely gore-packed orgy of violence that still stands alone and unchallenged as the ultimate anime action feature: the epic milestone in animation that is the legendary NINJA SCROLL.

Listed by The Elizabeth Picture Theatre (Five Star)