One of the best ninja movies from japan I've seen so far and the first in a series of films that i will for sure be checking out the rest of!
Shinobi no Mono is a really great grounded and (for lack of a better word) "gritty" ninja film that set the trend for the less fantastical and more realistic ninja films of 1960s Japan!
Sure the plot can be convoluted at points especially at the start of the film but once the pieces are all set and in motion this is pure ninja film gold!
another one of those films that you can't believe exists in the 2020s but are infinitely glad that it does! This may have knocked the lighthouse out as my favorite film by eggers which is really something!
Works both as a brutal tale of Viking age revenge and a weird as fuck arthouse film that feels like it was filmed on another planet!
Eggers please make more movies I await what ever crazy shit you do next!
Rewatched via the new Warner Archives blu-Ray restoration which looks great and makes me like the film even more now that I can watch it via a nice looking print!
