Even though Gennosuke and Oboro are from rival ninja villages, they are secretly in love. At an annual conference with the Lord, it is dictated that a competition--a fight to the death--will take place between the five best shinobi from each village. Gennosuke and Oboro's love is made even more impossible when they each got picked as the leader of the five to represent their respective villages.
Practical Effects
Absurd ninja powers realized with practical effects.
Costume
Gorgeous period design that commits to the bit.
Acting
Nakama and Odagiri sell the hell out of doomed love.
Director
Ten Shimoyama
Yukie Nakama
Oboro
Joe Odagiri
Kouga Gen-no-suke
Tomoka Kurotani
Kagerou
Erika Sawajiri
Hotarubi
Lily
O-Gen
Takeshi Masu
Muroga Hyouma
Tak Sakaguchi
Yasha-maru
Kippei Shiina
Yakushiji Tenzen
Mitsuki Koga
Chikuma Koshirou
Houka Kinoshita
Kisaragi Saemon
Masaki Nishina
Yagyu Jyubei Mitsuyoshi
Miyu Ehara
Kouga
Toshiya Nagasawa
Yagyu Tajima-no-kami Munenori
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is based on Futaro Yamada's novel 'The Kouga Ninja Scrolls,' previously adapted into the infamous anime Basilisk.
The film dramatizes the real historical tension between the Iga and Kouga ninja clans, who were actually forced to fight for Tokugawa's entertainment.
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