Samurai Sentai Shinkenger the Movie: The Fateful War

2009 0h 20m JA

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★3.9TMDB · 7

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Synopsis

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Taking place in between Shinkenger Acts 22 and 23, the Shinkengers battle the newly revived Kusare Gedoushu Aburame Manpuku and his army for three days. The wounded and tired Shinkengers nearly lose, had the Kusare Gedoushu not needed to regain energy by soaking in the Sanzu River. As their wounds are treated, Jii reveals they he has found the Secret Disk used by the first Shinken Red to seal Manpuku at the Genryu Temple, which lies in the middle of Kusare Gedoushu territory.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Tori Matsuzaka
Takeru Shiba / Shinken Red
Hiroki Aiba
Ryûnosuke Ikenami / Shinken Blue
Rin Takanashi
Mako Shiraishi / Shinken Pink
Shôgo Suzuki
Chiaki Tani / Shinken Green
Suzuka Morita
Kotoha Hanaori / Shinken Yellow
Keisuke Sohma
Genta Umemori / Shinken Gold
Masashi Goda
Retsudou Shiba / Shinken Red I
Mitsuru Karahashi
Juzo Fuwa

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Shojiro Nakazawa
Writers: Yasuko Kobayashi
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 20-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 17 years ago.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Super Sentai Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Shojiro Nakazawa, shot by Fumio Matsumura. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Ren Sato shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Tori Matsuzaka and Hiroki Aiba and Rin Takanashi carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1467295 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 7 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Shojiro Nakazawa directs. Fumio Matsumura behind the camera. Ren Sato cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 20-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 17 years ago.
3Part of the "Super Sentai Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Shojiro Nakazawa, shot by Fumio Matsumura. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Ren Sato shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Tori Matsuzaka and Hiroki Aiba and Rin Takanashi carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt1467295 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 7 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.