Ninja Kids!!! premieres in Japan in July -- months before Miike's deliberate 3-D period samurai drama, the Cannes entry Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai, debuts -- and stars Seishirô Katô as Rantaro, its rambunctious, bespectacled kid hero.
Western kid flicks that immediately come to mind include Robert Rodriguez's Spy Kids franchise and the 1992 classic 3 Ninjas ("Light up the eyes, boys!"). After watching the latter, what child of the '90s didn't dream of taking ninja lessons and owning a set of shuriken before puberty?
Ninja Kids!!! is set to play the New York Asian Film Festival, which incidentally has an amazing line-up planned. More info here.
[Filmsmash via MovieCityNews]