Legend of the Shadowy Ninja: The Ninja Dragon (1990) (V) Kûsô-kagaku ninkyô-den: Gokudô ninja Dosuryû (original title)

Director:

Gô Nagai

Writers:

Gô Nagai (story)
Hitoshi Matsuyama (screenplay)

Release Date:

25 October 1990 (Japan)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Gangsters warfare turns out to be an alien invasion of the Earth. |

Cast

Kenji Otsuki	...	Ryu Momoji / Yu Shinoyama / Ninja Dragon
Etsuko Araoda	...	Shinobu Nindo
Rikiya Yasuoka	...	Gô Ranjuji
Matsui Tetsuya	...	Suzuka Hatai / Ninja Defender
Cutey Suzuki	...	Jun Saruwatari / Ninja Defender (as Cutie Suzuki)
Ikkô Furuya	...	Takeo Nindo
Eric Stuart	...	Ninja Dragon (voice: English version)
Anne Sackmann	...	Shinobu Nindo
Franklin Portnow	...	Gô Ranjuji (voice: English version)
Tom Wayland	...	Suzuka Hatai
Lotus	...	Jun Saruwatari (voice: English version)
Bill Carney	...	Takeo Nindo (voice: English version)
Barry Banner	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Tim Brash	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Wally Cole	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Ross Lefko	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Mayumi Ozaki	...	Female Killer (voice: English version)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gô Nagai	...	Dead Yakuza (uncredited)

Directed by
Gô Nagai

Writing credits
Gô Nagai		(story)
Hitoshi Matsuyama		(screenplay) (as Daisuke Serizawa)

Produced by
Taro Maki	....	producer (as Tarô Maki)
Hitoshi Matsuyama	....	executive producer
John O'Donnell	....	executive producer (english version)
Michael Palan	....	supervising producer (english version)
Stephanie Shalofsky	....	producer (english version)
Tom Wayland	....	associate producer (english version)

Cinematography by
Eiichi Ôsawa		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Yoshifumi Fukazawa

Production Design by
Kiyotaka Sawada

Makeup Department
Sueo Sugimoto	....	special makeup effects artist

Special Effects by
Junzô Takagi	....	special effects supervisor

Stunts
Wataru Tagaya	....	sword fight choreographer

Production Companies

• Dynamic Planning
• Moby Dick
• Tohokushinsha Film

Distributors

• Asia Pulp Cinema (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Central Park Media Corporation (I) (II)
• Tohokushinsha Film (1990) (Japan) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Moby Dick

Other Companies

• Audioworks Producers Group  post-production sound services (English version)
• Audioworks Producers Group  stock music (English version)
• Cinepost  DVD premastering (English version)
• Suzuki Motor Corporation  product placement (uncredited)
• Valentino Production Music  stock music (English version)

Also Known As:

"Kûsô-kagaku ninkyô-den: Gokudô ninja Dosuryû" - Japan (original title)
"The Ninja Dragon" - USA (DVD title)

Runtime:

Japan:70 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:R (self applied)

Company:

Dynamic Planning

Trivia:

Ranjuji's henchwoman (uncredited) is Mayumi Ozaki. She is credited as an additional voice in the English dubbed version on DVD, and she is seen at Cutey Suzuki's retirement ceremony in December 27, 1998 (see clip in youtube at 32:31). The two women wrestlers were close friends off the mat.

Quotes:

[last lines]
Ryu Momoji:[visual gag - Female Killer running away unmarked amidst many bodies] We are the only left. The place is totally deserted.
Shinobu Nindo:Are you really sure?
Ryu Momoji:Yes.
Shinobu Nindo:Ryu! What's that?
Ryu Momoji:[looking up to the sky] Oh, that? That's a spaceship.
Shinobu Nindo:[screeching] A spaceship?

Movie Connections:

References "Cutey Honey" (1973)

Soundtrack:

Tooth And Nail