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Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword

Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword

Family · Mystery · Animation · 2009

The Mystery Inc. gang takes a trip to Japan and finds themselves circling Asia and the Pacific in a treasure hunt, racing against the vengeful Black Samurai and his Ninja warriors to find the legendary Sword of Fate, an ancientblade fabled to possess extraordinary supernaturalpowers.

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Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword

“Put the 'chi' in munchie!”

2009 Family · Mystery · Animation 1h 14m

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TMDB

7.7 / 10

Community rating

The Mystery Inc. gang takes a trip to Japan and finds themselves circling Asia and the Pacific in a treasure hunt, racing against the vengeful Black Samurai and his Ninja warriors to find the legendary Sword of Fate, an ancientblade fabled to possess extraordinary supernaturalpowers.

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What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Christopher Berkeley

Written by

Joe Sichta

Casey Kasem

Casey Kasem

Shaggy (voice)

Frank Welker

Frank Welker

Fred / Scooby-Doo (voice)

Grey DeLisle

Grey DeLisle

Daphne (voice)

Mindy Cohn

Mindy Cohn

Velma (voice)

Kelly Hu

Kelly Hu

Miyumi / Miss Mirimoto (voice)

Kevin Michael Richardson

Kevin Michael Richardson

Sojo / The Black Samurai (voice)

Brian Cox

Brian Cox

Green Dragon (voice)

Court is in session

Put Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.