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Ninja Kids!!!

Original title: Nintama Rantarô
  • 20112011
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
440
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Ninja Kids!!! (2011)
  • Action
  • Adventure
  • Comedy
About the adventures of Rantaro and other ninja apprentices at an elite ninjutsu academy.About the adventures of Rantaro and other ninja apprentices at an elite ninjutsu academy.About the adventures of Rantaro and other ninja apprentices at an elite ninjutsu academy.
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
440
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Takashi Miike
  • Writers
    • Soubee Amako(manga)
    • Yoshio Urasawa(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Shidô Nakamura
    • Naoto Takenaka
    • Susumu Terajima
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  • Director
    • Takashi Miike
  • Writers
    • Soubee Amako(manga)
    • Yoshio Urasawa(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Shidô Nakamura
    • Naoto Takenaka
    • Susumu Terajima
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    • 5User reviews
    • 26Critic reviews
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    Shidô Nakamura
    Shidô Nakamura
    • Fatheras Father
    Naoto Takenaka
    Naoto Takenaka
    Susumu Terajima
    Susumu Terajima
    Renji Ishibashi
    Renji Ishibashi
    Takahiro Miura
    Takahiro Miura
    Rei Dan
    Rei Dan
    • Motheras Mother
    Haruka Ohshima
    • Teruyo Kitaishias Teruyo Kitaishi
    Mikijirô Hira
    Mikijirô Hira
    Hiroki Matsukata
    Takuya Mizoguchi
    • Takamuraas Takamura
    Seishirô Katô
    • Rantaroas Rantaro
    Hikari Tobita
    • Sakon Kawanishias Sakon Kawanishi
    Guama
    • Tomomias Tomomi
    Roi Hayashi
    • Kirimaru Settsunoas Kirimaru Settsuno
    • Director
      • Takashi Miike
    • Writers
      • Soubee Amako(manga)
      • Yoshio Urasawa(screenplay)
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    5/10
    HK Neo Reviews: Ninja Kids!!!
    Within a minute of watching this film, I realised that every director can have an off-day. Takashi Miike, the acclaimed director of the 13 Assassins, Yatterman and Audition, fails miserly in his attempt at pure comedy. May be it is the light hearted nature or family orientated style that Miike is heading towards, but Ninja Kids qualify nothing more than a waste of time. In fact the film began brightly and the laughs, the sets and manga style comedic sequences are fun enough to watch and cute enough kids' antics to make the 1st quarter works out in a promising manner. Then the moment when the kids are all send home for an early Summer holiday, the film and everything goes downhill from there. At times the film not only feels prolonged, dragged, but ultimately stale and bored. The funny moments and sets soon became far and between and the result is alienating the audience involvement, which is in essence a crucial part of any comedy. If audience is not laughing with you, at you or at whatever, then the film is simply not working. All in all, Ninja Kids is a massive disappointing effort from such a capable director. Sure some fun can be had and the class of kids are fun to watch, but it is only a manner of time before the same antics you once fall for, becomes quickly frankly annoying and eventually regrettably bored. Perhaps this film is really made for kids and as for the title, there is no misleading advertising. So maybe it is just me that is expecting Ninja Turtles, but I am just not sold on it…

    P.S. This is in fact based on the popular comic book – Ninja Kids

    Neo rates it 5/10

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    • Release date
      • July 23, 2011 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • 忍たま乱太郎
    • Production companies
      • Amuse Soft
      • Asahi Shimbun
      • Dentsu
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $10,776,262
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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