Come Back! Samurai Sentai Shinkenger: Special Act

2010 0h 50m JA

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4.8

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★4.8TMDB · 3

ActionAdventureFantasy

Synopsis

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The film begins with the Shinkengers defeating the Ayakashi Demebakuto. As he assumes his second life, he captures the Shinkengers in mirrors as he sends them into a series of different dimensions (all different film genres) in order make them suffer for his amusement before actually killing them. First, the Shinkengers appear in the jidaigeki Lord's log of Notable Events, fighting a group of samurai, shortly followed by a Western showdown between Genta and Ginshirō, the owner of the rival sushi stand Silver Zushi, over whose food is better in Wild Grip. Then the scene changes again to the cop drama Passionate Version with the vassals as cops while Takeru is being held hostage as the Shinkengers starts to realize that something is wrong.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Tori Matsuzaka
Takeru Shiba / Shinken Red
Rin Takanashi
Mako Shiraishi / Shinken Pink
Hiroki Aiba
Ryûnosuke Ikenami / Shinken Blue
Shôgo Suzuki
Chiaki Tani / Shinken Green
Suzuka Morita
Kotoha Hanaori / Shinken Yellow
Keisuke Sohma
Genta Umemori / Shinken Gold
Michael Tomioka
Ginshirô
Rintaro Nishi
Drunken Man

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Takayuki Shibasaki
Writers: Yasuko Kobayashi
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 50-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 16 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 Takayuki Shibasaki, shot by Shingo Osawa. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Hiroshi Takaki. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

CAST

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

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2365867 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Takayuki Shibasaki directs. Shingo Osawa behind the camera. Hiroshi Takaki scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 50-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 16 years ago.
3Part of the "Super Sentai Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Takayuki Shibasaki, shot by Shingo Osawa. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Hiroshi Takaki. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Tori Matsuzaka and Rin Takanashi and Hiroki Aiba carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt2365867 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.