ONIMANJI Poster Debut Teases New Ninja Spin-Off Excitement For 2023
Genre favorite Yoshihiro Nishimura (Mutant Girls Squad, Tokyo Gore Police, Meatball Machine Kodoku) kept busy with the festival circulation of his most recent thriller, Holy Mother. In the meantime, he’s also been hands-on with the production of his forthcoming return in 2023 with ninja actioner Onimanji, for which we now have our first poster debut below.
The film is a spin-off to his 2015 ninja action adventure, The Great War of Torakage, which Nishimura directed and co-wrote, featuring actor Takumi Saito in the story of a retired ninja forced into a quest to find scrolls leading to ancient treasure for his vicious former ninja clan leader, played by Eihi Shina. The film also saw Saito crossing swords and blows with co-star Masanori Mimoto who now takes the stage for his own leading venture in the title role, in addition to serving up the fight scenery as action director.
Mimoto has been on the rise in the last several years with stand-out roles in films like Takashi Miike’s Yakuza Apocalypse, Yuji Shimomura’s Re:Born, Hugo Sakamoto’s Baby Assassins and the Aman Chang/Kenji Tanigaki-directed 2020 Donnie Yen action comedy, Enter The Fat Dragon, as well as starring in Kensuke Sonomura’s 2019 assassin thriller, Hydra. He will next appear in Sonomura’s upcoming sophomore debut, Bad City, featuring Hitoshi Ozawa, Lily Franky and Tak Sakaguchi.
Plot details and official cast and crew info remain pending for Onimanji while we await for the release of these in some form or fashion over the coming weeks or months. Peep the poster below!
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