HIDIVE and Iconic Releasing are readying to co-habitate screens across the U.S. and Canada this October with a 4K revival of celebrated anime hit, Ninja Scroll. Yoshiaki Kawajiri’s 1993 thriller will have a limited theatrical run on October 4, 5 and 7, returning the film to screen since celebrating the film’s 30th anniversary in 2024.
Kawajiri directs the classic samurai anime which follows Jubei who saves a young ninja woman from the unthinkable. Assuming that’s the end of it, it’s only just the beginning as the two investigate the mysterious deaths of an entire village which uncovers a conspiracy of demonic proportions. Getting closer to the truth, the demonic forces will stop at nothing to silence Jubei and his companion for good!
The film’s 4K restoration was produced by AMC Global Media’s Sentai under Kawajiri’s supervision and screened for this first time earlier this year at the 76th Berlinale. Its “painstaking” restoration and remaster” required “a meticulous process that involved a 4K scan (3840 × 2160 pixels) of the original 35mm negative, then repairing any damage and lastly performing color correction to create an archival quality digital master of the film,” according to a press release.
Ticket sales day announcements and website launch remain pending while the official trailer is up as of Thursday which you can view below the credits:
Ninja Scroll
Original Language: Japanese
Runtime: 94 min
Original Story & Screenplay: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Original Character: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Character Design / Animation Director: Yutaka Minowa
Art Director: Hiromasa OguraDirector of Photography: Hitoshi Yamaguchi
Editor: Harutoshi Ogata, Yukiko Itō
Sound Director: Yasunori Honda
Music: Kaoru Wada
Color Designer: Osamu Mikasa
Executive Producers: Makoto Hasegawa, Masamichi Fujiwara, Yutaka Takahashi
Producer: Shigeru Kitayama, Masako Fukuyo, Kazuhiko Ikeguchi
Line Producer: Masao Maruyama
Animation Cooperation: MADHOUSE
Production Company: Toho, JVC, Movic
Animation Studio: Animate Film
