SHADOW SKILL THE MOVIE

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• Release Year: 1996
• Genre: Action, Anime, Martial Arts
• Plot: THE ULTIMATE COMBAT IN A KINGDOM OF WARRIORS; ; SHADOW SKILL: THE MOVIE Two men standa top a towering pinnacle of stone. One is Scarface, disfigured champion fo the Shadow Skill. The other is Gau Ban of the Black Howling. It has been ten years since they first met - ten years in which the untrained boy has become a fearsome warrior...; ; A decade earlier, int he kingdom of Koruda, elite fighters battle or honor beneath the blood-red flag of King Falkai. While Ella Ragu limbers up for an apocalyptic confrontation witht he demon beast Barsalf, her adopted brother Gau is surprised by the arrival of a mysterious masked figure. After the fight, it is this man who gives Gau the strenght to triumph when he and Ella are attacked by the mighty Goa X.; ; Ella and Gau later join spellcaster Fowari, and youngfighter Quo in a desperate attempt to defeat a carnivorous eemon known as the 'King of the Moon'. But even as they work together, conflict grows deep within the group. Watched by the enigmatic Scarface, friendship erupts into lethal combat - Shadow Skill versus Death Magic in a fight to the finish.; ; IN A WAR TORN WORLD OF DEADLY CONFLICT, ONE SMALL GROUP OF HEROES STANDS AGAINST THE FORCES OF DARKNESS, ARMED ONLY WITH TWO WEAPONS - THEIR UNSWERVING DEDICATION TO GOOD AND THE SUPERHUMAN MARTIAL ART KNOWN AS THE SHADOW SKILL.; ; EPILOGUE For fourteen-year old Gau, it is time once again for himt o return to the graves of his parents, murdered by bandits when he was just ten. In the company of his adoptive elder sister Ella, Gau quickly comes to realize that his journey is more than just a pilgrimage, and that his combat abilities as a student of the Karuda school of martial arts are about to be pushed to the breaking point!; ; Attacked by the demonic Wolfman, left for dead and than forced by Ella and Karuda to fight master Scarface, Gau's dreams of becoming a new generation of warrior are put to the ultimate test. Can he face his sister in single combat? Will he be able to match the unearthly abilities of Scarface? And can Gau ever uncover the secrets of the Shadow Skill?
• Cast: Hiroshi Negishi, Ippei Takahashi, Akihiro Itou, Takeshi Katou, Masao Nakamura, Shin Matsuo, Torao Arai, Toshinari Yamashita
• Director: Hiroshi Negishi
• Runtime: 2:15
• Company: Manga Entertainment, Take Shoto Co. Ltd., Zero-G Room, CTV Studios
• Media Format: Movie