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57% Critic Match
Black Lion
“Fear the Black Lion!”
5.7 / 10• 1992• 1h 0m•NR• Japanese
AnimationActionAdventure
Storyline
The year is 1580 and Nobunaga Oda is working to consolidate his power over Japan. In his army are weapons of great destructive power: rapid fire machine guns, lasers, missiles and, most frightening of all, the reputedly immortal ninja Ginnai Doma. Like a sentence of divine wrath he hunts down and destroys dissident monks, ninjas and others, wherever they may be. With the clans on the brink of destruction, a single ninja accepts the impossible task: kill the immortal Ginnai.
Cast & Crew
Yasunori Matsumoto
Shishimaru (voice)
Lead
Yusaku Yara
Doma Jinnai (voice)
Ai Orikasa
Hayabusa (voice)
KF
Kan Fujimoto
Momji (voice)
Kan Tokumaru
Momochi Sandayu (voice)
Kazuyuki Sogabe
Oda Nobunaga (voice)
Koji Tsujitani
Kojiro (voice)
Yuri Amano
Oyu (voice)
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Takashi Watanabe's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Black Lion is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
