A fake spring break letter kicks off ninja vs. robot chaos in 53 perfect minutes.
Hattori-kun received a letter from Iga's father asking him to take his friends and return home for spring break. Hattori-kun leaves for Iga with his younger brothers Shinzo, Kenichi, Yumeko-chan, and others. However, a suspicious shadow stares at the group... He is a subordinate of the scientific ninja Mechamaro, who has replaced the power of ninjutsu with the power of science. Mechamaro was plotting to confront Hattori-kun in order to prove the strength of scientific ninjas. And in order to occupy Iga no Sato, Hattori-kun sends a fake letter...
Visual Effects
Hand-drawn mecha designs that scream 'we had four weeks and a dream.'
Direction
Sasagawa squeezes a feature's worth of plot into 53 breakneck minutes.
Director
Hiroshi Sasagawa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ninja Hattori-kun was a Fujiko Fujio creation that dominated Indian television in the 2000s, making this obscure 1983 film bizarrely nostalgic for an entire South Asian generation who never saw it in theatres.
Director Hiroshi Sasagawa also created Time Bokan and Yatterman, explaining why Mechamaro feels like a rejected villain from his robo-menagerie.
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