Band of Ninja

The son of an assassinated feudal lord, in the Muromachi period, attempts to avenge his father's death and meets Kagemaru, a renegade ninja helping peasants and farmers rebel against Oda Nobunaga's regime, all depicted through an experimental form of filming pages from the original manga set to sound.

Director: Nagisa Ōshima

Cast: Rokkō Toura, Kei Satō, Kei Yamamoto, Hōsei Komatsu, Noriko Matsumoto, Hideo Kanze, Hikaru Hayashi, Yoshiyuki Fukuda

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.