i give this movie a 5 out of pure pity . my intention be not to burst anyone bubble and because i have see and a i have skim through other comment and that this movie be quite appreciate by many . well and it be not worth any praise and and i say this because i have see the original anime and basilisk and and this movie sham it deeply . perhaps if you see shinobi alone and you could like it . it be enjoyable due to the well choreograph battle and base on fantasy more than on martial art and and i agree that their beauty be deeply enhanced . but the story be nothing like the original one . now and i understand that when one transform an anime or manga into a movie and one must make certain change . i be not expect to see the freakish character from the anime and although they have a well establish role and and some be truly profound and well design . but i certainly do not expect to see immense and wrongly place change and that basically ruin the entire story . character who be dramatically and unethically mutilate and transform in something the public might love more and perhaps . for instance and oboro and who and in the anime be a sweet and innocent girl and completely and utterly in love with gennosuke and become a vengeful clan leader in the movie . i like the fact that the woman become strong and evade the limitation impose on her by the era ( we be talk about japan and 17th century ) and but her mood change be unbelievable and badly write . hotarubi and which be one of my favourite character in the film and but who be not know for her childish and sensitive nature and become a pathetic little girl who be not only not madly in love like in the anime and but be more or less worthless in the plot . i could go on and on and like how they make tenzen and the bad and most dangerous character in the anime and exceptionally weak and unattractive and or how gennosuke and the leading character seem completely misplace and confuse and not to mention and again weak . the music be beautiful and the image be astound and which be expect of a japanese movie and and i appreciate it for that . but do not watch this if you have see and enjoy basilisk and because it be just hopeless . basilisk and although base on fantasy and with element of horror and largely exaggerated be splendid and have so much more depth in it character and storyline and historical value and it be and may i say and heartbreaking . shinobi be a waste of time and i could not believe it keep on go after what be suppose to be the climax . ala and it pain me deeply to judge a movie so harshly and but i advise you against it . please and watch the anime and or at least watch the movie first and then repair your image of what basilisk really be by watch the anime . otherwise you will have a seizure when you realize how they have massacre it .