Gnarly Trailer for Epic Historic ‘Ninja vs. Shark’ B-Film from Japan
by Alex Billington
March 13, 2023
Supply: YouTube
“It is able to blow your thoughts!” Let! Them! Struggle! A Japanese trailer is out for an epic B-movie battle known as Ninja vs. Shark, made by filmmaker / stunt professional Koichi Sakamoto. If you happen to can imagine, it is not an Asylum creation, however an precise live-action film from Japan. Set within the Edo interval, the movie is a couple of village that hires a ninja warrior to assist them combat off evil sharks which might be attacking pearl divers. That is just about all you’ll want to know, apart from that it’ll doubtless by fairly gnarly. Kohshu Hirano of “Ultraman Z” will play Kotaro, and Shun Nishime of “Kamen Rider Ghost” will play Shinsuke, who fights with Kotaro. Yuichi Nakamura performs Sameshiro. As well as, the heroine Sayo is performed by Julia Nagano, whereas Kikuma, a feminine ninja who loves Kotaro, is performed by Kanon Miyahara. This trailer is a bloody, gory first have a look at the movie, with a wacky English voiceover and faux scratches on the footage – a grindhouse providing from Japan.
Here is the primary Japanese trailer for Koichi Sakamoto’s Ninja vs Shark, direct from YouTube (by way of BD):
Within the Edo interval, on the distant village of Okitsu, the evil cult chief Koushirou makes use of ninjutsu to ensorcell sharks and forces them to assault native pearl divers so the cult can steal the pearls from their mangled corpses. Determined for assist, the village chief hires Kotaro Shiozaki (Koshu Hirano), a guard at a close-by temple, however Kotaro quickly finds his path blocked by woman ninja Kikuma (Kanon Miyahara), and a big shark that does not appear to be one thing from this world. Ninja vs Shark is directed by Japanese producer / filmmaker Koichi Sakamoto, a stunt man who has additionally labored on many collection together with “Kamen Rider”, “Sedai Wars”, “Ultraman Z”, “Extremely Galaxy Struggle”, “Gunblade”, and an exec producer on “Energy Rangers” beforehand. The screenplay is written by Junichiro Ashiki. The movie will open first in Japan beginning on April 14th, 2023. No worldwide launch dates are set – keep tuned. For particulars, go to the movie’s official JP website.
