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Takashi Miike – Nintama Rantarô AKA Ninja Kids!!! (2011)

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Plot
Rantaro was born into a low class ninja family. His parents hope he can one day become an elite ninja to make his family proud. Rantaro, bearing his parents’ expectations, enters the Ninja Academy. At the academy, he becomes friends with Shinbe (Futa Kimura), the son of a wealthy merchant family and Kirimaru (Roi Hayashi ), who lost his father in the war. The students at the Ninja Academy are called Nintama – which means future ninjas. Rantaro has a fun time at school, but Rantaro, Shinbe and Kirimaru have difficulties with their studies.

One day, a killer appears in the house of Yukitaka Saito (Takeshi Kaga) and his son, 4th grader at the Ninja Academy, Takamura (Takuya Mizoguchi). Although Yukitaka Saito now runs a popular store, Yukitaka and Takamura were once members of the Usetake ninjas. Now, the Usetake ninjas are aiming to kill them both. Can the students at the Ninja Academy save them?

Film Festivals
2011 (10th) New York Asian Film Festival / 2011 (5th) JAPAN CUTS: The New York Festival of Contemporary Japanese Cinema – July 1-14, 2011 *World Premiere
2011 (15th) Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival – July 14-24, 2011 – Family Fanta *Asian Premiere
2011 (15th) Fantasia Film Festival – July 14-August 7, 2011 *Canadian Premiere
2011 (44th) Sitges Film Festival – October 6th-16th, 2011 – Midnight X-Treme
2011 (31st) Hawaii International Film Festival – October 13-23, 2011 – Spotlight on Japan *Hawaii Premiere
2011 (12th) San Diego Asian Film Festival – October 20 – 28, 2011 – Asia Pop!
2012 (15th) Shanghai International Film Festival – June 16-24, 2012 – Global Village: Japan Film Week