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Jiraiya the Hero [Gōketsu Jiraiya / 豪傑児雷也] (1921)

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"Jiraiya the Hero is a 1921 Japanese silent trick film directed by Shōzō Makino. The film is also known as Gōketsu Jiraiya (豪傑児雷也, original title)."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiraiya_the_Hero

"The story of Jiraiya, a legendary ninja with great powers who set off on a adventure."

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0488015/

https://archive.org/details/GoketsuJiraiyajiraiyaTheHero1921

NB: After the bombing of Japan during WW2, a huge amount of early Japanese cinema has been lost. This is one of the surviving fragments.

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