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Jipangu (1990)

Country of Origin: Japan
Year of Production: 1990
Running Times: 95 mins 98 mins 110 mins (USA) 118 mins (Japan)
Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: EXE / TBS / Daio Paper Corperation / Kanematsu Corporation / Sieyou Kankyokaihatsu
Producers: Kouji Tsutsumi, Kosuke Kuri
Planning: Yudai Yamashita

SCRIPT
Story / Script: Kaizo Hayashi, Noriyuki Kurita

DIRECTION
Director: Kaizo Hayashi
Assistant Director: Masayuki Taniguchi

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Masaki Tamura

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Osamu Inoue

MUSIC
Music: Hidehiko Umeyama, Yoko Kumagaya

SOUND
Sound: Hisayuki Miyamoto

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costumes: Sachiko Ito

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Takeo Kimura

STUNTS
Fight Arranger: Kanta Ina

CAST
Masahiro Takashima
Narumi Yasuda
Haruko Wanibuchi
Mikiyo Hira
Kipp Hamilton
Naruo Nakajima
Shiro Sano

AVAILABILITY

UK
Video Distributor: Pagab Films (PAG 108)
DVD Distributor: Pagan Films

USA
Video Distributor: Video Search of Miami

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

UK
Rating: 18

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

The Legend of Zipang
Zipang

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Variety 13 June 1990 pp.32-33 (USA)
review (by Lor)

KEYWORDS

ninjas, samurais, swords, gold, elephants, magic, bounty hunters

 


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