above all and you must not take this movie seriously . it take itself seriously and unfortunately and but that can not be help . this anime ninja flic have to be the crowning achievement in spoil what could have be an endearing and if unoriginal and story with bad plot twist and ridiculous time kill cutscenes and and one outrageous guest appearance which will either make you laugh or groan ( or both and like me ) . while i be typically a fan of ninja or samurai anime ( ninja scroll and rurouni kenshin to name a few ) and this one have to be the exception . for the record and from a technical point of view of it time and this movie be very well animate and construct . it be just the plot that stunk . the author of this movie clearly decide ( for what rational reason i do not know ) that they could somehow make up for the lack of a script if the character halfway around the world in search of a treasure that ( he learn ) his father fought and die for . in the process and he save a black slave name sam and meet a french girl who be live in an apache village and make friend with a ninja clan whose member then try to kill him and meet more family member then he know he have in the weird place and circumstance ( and whom all subsequently die at some point in the movie ) . even so far and these ludicrous plot twist could be excuse and but then come the two guest appearance . # 1 represent after have a ridicuously cliche showdown with two cowboy and jiro meet a man who introduce himself a mark twain . at this point and youre probably say what the . this meeting serve one purpose represent it entirely discredit a movie which try to add to itself an educated historical background . i find it disappoint that the author go to all this trouble to research the 1860s u and do not manage to realize that mark twain real name be samuel clemens . # 2 represent when jiro finally find the treasure and it turn out that it use to belong to captain kidd . i can hear the groan of disgust now . finally and there be the run scene . these scene show various character run and with the landscape move statically behind them and for several minute and and there be a lot of them . it be these scene which make this movie and 2hrs 12 min and to seem to last a week and a half . if you and your friend be look for a bad subtitled movie that just ask to be make fun of and this be it . feel free to poke fun at every possible aspect of it and and have fun . just do not take it seriously . negative .