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In Japan of the Tokugawa Ieyasu period, a young ninja named Genbu wantonly kills samurai and other government officials; he leaves his clan to face the blame. When they hunt him down, Genbu and his wife Akane sail to China both to escape their wrathful kinsmen and for Genbu to complete revenge by finding the last man he holds responsible for his father's death. That man, Fukusa, leads a peaceful life as a mirror maker under the name of Uncle Fu. He has a young protégé, Sun Jing, a smug martial artist who constantly tries to prove himself by taking up every opportunity to fight. Jing also constantly teases his lecherous servant Chee and takes few things very seriously. However, when he sees his surrogate father attacked, Jing immediately rushes to his aid, but during several clashes, he finds out that he and the ninja are evenly matched. It is revealed that Genbu's father was not killed by his clan members; he died as a hero in a rebellion instead. Ashamed of his own cowardice in escaping to China years before following that attempted uprising, Fu makes peace with Genbu. But before their final encounter, Foo took poison to restore his honor by his own death, Fu asks Genbu to kill him in order to spare him the last agony, which promptly leads to a misunderstanding between Genbu and Jing. The two battle each other to the top of Jing's family temple and finally settle their differences just in time to face The Magician, a spiritual boxer, whose son Jing has insulted in the course of the movie. The film ends with Jing and Genbu killing the Sorcerer, with some unwitting assistance from Akane and Chee. The latter promptly tempts fate by claiming the better part of the credit for this victory, prompting Genbu and Jing to teach him a lesson. Edit Translation

  • English
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  • Country: Hong Kong
  • Type: Movie
  • Release Date: Jun 24, 1982
  • Duration: 1 hr. 35 min.
  • Score: 7.2 (scored by 26 users)
  • Ranked: #63974
  • Popularity: #99999
  • Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

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Overall 8.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 8.5
Rewatch Value 9.0

Full on Ninja Mania

Pitting the lethal arts of Chinese Kung Fu and Japanese ninjitsu against each other in a battle for supremacy, Ninja in the Dragon's Den seemingly has everything you'd ever want out of a martial arts film and the kitchen sink thrown in for good measure, be it ridiculous stilt fighting, ninjas galore, demonic possession, the hero fighting the latter half of the movie in a pink outfit and female anatomy saving the day, this is undoubtedly a classic; a mixture of typical Jackie Chan-style comedy and hard-hitting ninja action, but unusually the two styles mix very well and the film, as a result, is great fun. This Hong Kong / Japanese co-production came about due to the explosion of ninja-mania in the early 80s, one that showcases the contrasting styles of its two cultures in plenty of no-holds-barred and hilarious action. For being Corey Yuen's directorial debut, he pretty much knocked it out of the park on his first go, despite the conventional storyline he manages to give the material a slightly unusual twist, a credit to his years as an action choreographer, offering up highly entertaining set pieces with an endearing vein of slapstick humour. Young Conan Lee and Hiroyuki Sanada are particularly well-rounded here, although Sanada eclipses Lee for most of the runtime, the film does a great job of exhibiting their respective skills. Playing as an offbeat tribute and parody of its own Ninjaspolitation sub-genre, it's hard not to love Ninja in the Dragon’s Den, an exhilarating action film that fully delivers for every second of its running time, the amazingly repetitive theme song certainly reinforces that.

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  • Movie: Ninja in the Dragon's Den
  • Country: Hong Kong
  • Release Date: Jun 24, 1982
  • Duration: 1 hr. 35 min.
  • Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

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  • Score: 7.2 (scored by 26 users)
  • Ranked: #63974
  • Popularity: #99999
  • Watchers: 49

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