A gas explosion sends a schoolgirl to a samurai battlefield. Her escape? Fire. Again.
A massive gas explosion in modern-day Tokyo throws 17-year-old Suzuko back in time — 500 years into the past and into a death-strewn battlefield. Rescued from lecherous bandits by the young warrior Shukumaru, Suzuko struggles to untangle the time lines. Slowly she begins to understand the strange force that has exiled her, and how it relates to her own mysterious past. Shukumaru and Suzuko tackle mystery, tragedy and disaster as time unravels amidst the roaring flames of past and present.
Direction
Takahashi packs a feature's worth of emotion into 50 minutes.
Writing
Rumiko Takahashi's script loops tragedy into hope like a flame.
Director
Motosuke Takahashi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rumiko Takahashi wrote the original manga in 1983, two years before her breakout hit Maison Ikkoku.
The Sengoku setting references the Onin War's civilian massacres, rare in 1980s shōjo anime.
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