Space Ninja: Swords of the Space Ark (1979)

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(Foreign Titles)

Nomination Year: 1997

SYNOPSIS: Bad guys are threatening the cosmos. Luckily, our hero (Hayato) is saved (following the death of his family at the hands of the bad guys) by a woman who calls herself Sophia. She has a spaceship that she calls The Space Ark, and it's very good at saving people who are about to die.

With the help of a smuggler and his ape-like sidekick, Hayato must work to defeat the evil galactic guy wearing a large black helmet ... gee, this sounds familiar, doesn't it?

In the end, the "true" leader of the bad guys is revealed as Sophia's twin sister. I suspect this is because Ian McDiarmid was busy.

Kevin Hogan

Smithee Award Nominations

Worst Special Effect
Credit Sequence The movie opens with a titanic space battle. Assuming that the word "titanic" implies "crummy model ships."	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

Deus Ex Machina
They've Got His Back As the hero is about to be killed, his friends show up and save him. Why? "I thought you'd be needing our help, so we stayed on the planet."	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

The Space Ark Saves the Day

Hayato's space ship explodes; luckily, he's rescued at the last minute by Sophia and The Space Ark.

Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

Worst Picture
The Great Comet Lucifer The great comet Lucifer smashes into the good planet in an orgy of terrible special effects, but luckily, Sophia manages to drop by in her Space Ark and rescue the ENTIRE population of the planet in the nick of time. The bad guys are understandably furious.	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

Directors

Director	Claim to Fame
Bunker Jenkins
Minoru Yamada

Cast

Actor	Character	Claim to Fame
Hiroyuki Sanada	<Not Yet in Database>


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