, better known for its international title as ''The Ninja Dragon'' (not to be confused with the 1986

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film ''Ninja Dragon'' (1986) directed by

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), is a 1990 Japanese

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released by the

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. It was directed by

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, his third film as director and his first as a solo director. The film was produced by

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, Moby Dick and the Tohokushinsha Film Corporation. A

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version was also released in Japan. It was the first film starring

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musician Kenji Otsuki. It also features famous female

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Cutie Suzuki and

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, and also

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Etsuko Shinkoda. The film has cameos of

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, Shintaro Ko, Yoichi Komatsuzawa, Tokitoshi Shiota,

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, Kunio Nagatani,

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, Mari Yagisawa and

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. A

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was also created by Go Nagai and Shinoyama Isami, and released as a single

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on November 7, 1990 by

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. A 219 pages

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was also released in 1990, written by Kazuo Sakurai and published by

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, with the and .

Cast

* Kenji Otsuki as Ryu Momoji/Yu Shinoyama/Ninja Dragon * Tetsuya Matsui as Suzuka Hatai/Ninja Defender *

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as Jun Saruwatari * Etsuko Shinkoda as Shinobu Nindo *

as Female Killer * Ikko Furuya as Takeo Nindo *

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as Go Ranjuji * Katsumi Muramatsu * Kobuhei Hayashiya * Yoshiaki Umegaki

English voice cast

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as Ninja Dragon *

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as Suzuka Hatai * Lotus as Jun Saruwatari * Anne Sackmann as Shinobu Nindo * Bill Carney as Takeo Nindo * Barry Banner * Tim Brash * Wally Cole * Ross Lefko

International releases

The film was licensed in North America by

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and was released onto DVD and VHS, under their Asia Pulp Cinema label. The English dub was produced by Audioworks Producers Group in

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. *2002-07-02 subtitled

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version *2002-08-13 dubbed VHS version *2002-08-13 subtitled/dubbed

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version *2005-05-24 subtitled/dubbed DVD version (Canada)

External links

''Kuso Kagaku Ninkyoden: Gokudo Ninja Dosuryu''
at allcinema

at the

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*
''Kuso Kagaku Ninkyoden: Gokudo Ninja Dosuryu'' (manga and light novel)
at ''The World of Go Nagai'' webpage

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