Japanese studio Shochiku has launched a series of smaller-budget movies aimed at international markets, starting with Ken Ochiai’s Ninja The Monster, ScreenDaily reports out of Cannes.
Starring Dean Fujioka, “the film sees undercover ninjas square off against alien monsters during the samurai era.”
Currently in post-production, the film is being readied for delivery in autumn.
Next up is Ninja Hunter, “about a man who wakes up with a knife in his hand, surrounded by dead bodies and with no memory of what happened.“