Rantaro, Kirimaru, and Shinbei are far from being excellent ninjas. Training at an elite ninjutsu academy in historical Japan, they are accompanied by their tongue-in-cheek friends, ninja masters, and idol senior ninja trainees. Rantaro and his ninja-in-training pals are called "nintama" — a combination of "ninja" and "tamago" ("egg"). The story of the film begins when Doi-sensei disappears after being challenged to a duel by Moroizumi Sonnamon, a tasogaredoki ninja. While Yamada-sensei and the 6th graders of the Ninjutsu Academy search for Doi-sensei, a man dressed in white suddenly appears at the Academy!

(Source: Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre)

Details

Genres

Studios

• Shouchiku
• Ajiado

Staff

• Masaaki Kawaguchi — Art Director
• Masaya Fujimori — Director
• Koujirou Hayashi — Director of Photography
• Akira Ookuma — Sound Director
• Kouji Makaino — Music, Theme Song Composition (ED)
• Masahiro Shouji — Sound Effects
• Kazuhisa Sakaguchi — Script
• Masaki Sakamoto — Editing
• Hiroki Negishi — Assistant Director
• Gorou Matsui — Theme Song Lyrics (ED)
• Eriko Murata — Color Design
• Soubee Amako — Original Creator