Princess Rangiku lost her entire family to Lord Karimata, who invaded her home seeking her father's life work, puppets with unique capabilities. As her duty, Rangiku sets out with three of her father's greatest puppet warriors to seek revenge. She can manipulate these to battle the strongest of warriors, however manipulating the puppets leaves her own self vulnerable to direct attacks, so she seeks a ninja warrior named Manajiri to aid and protect her in her quest.
Practical Effects
Grotesque puppet designs that move like broken marionettes.
Direction
Takaya crams more visual ideas in 42 minutes than most feature films.
Sound
Wakamoto's voice performance drips with theatrical menace.
Director
Hirotoshi Takaya
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on a manga by Megumu Okada, who also created Shadow Skill—explaining the shared obsession with tragic fighting prodigies.
The puppet warriors draw from bunraku theater tradition, weaponized: the film literalizes how puppet masters sacrifice themselves for their art.
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