Samurai Sentai Shinkenger: The Light Samurai's Surprise Transformation

2009 0h 15m JA

ActionAdventureComedyScience Fiction

Synopsis

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Genta finds a starved member of the Nanashi Company who tells Genta that he has run away from the Rokumon Junk after being sick of his Company being abused by the stronger Gedoushu. Feeling sorry for him, Genta takes him back to the Shiba House and tries to get him a job

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Tori Matsuzaka
Takeru Shiba / Shinken Red
Keisuke Sohma
Genta Umemori / Shinken Gold
Bin Shimada
Super Nanashi (voice)
Koichi Tochika
DaiGoyou (voice)
Hironori Miyata
Narrator, Sushi Changer, Inromaru (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Katsuya Watanabe
Writers: Kento Shimoyama
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 15-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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Released 17 years ago.

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CINEMA

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

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Tori Matsuzaka and Keisuke Sohma and Bin Shimada carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2393955 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Katsuya Watanabe directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 15-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 17 years ago.
3Part of the "Super Sentai Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Tori Matsuzaka and Keisuke Sohma and Bin Shimada carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt2393955 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.