In the mountain regions of Hida, the dreams of a peasant named Kyonosuke, who longed to be a samurai, come true when he becomes one of three doubles, of shadows, of Lord Yasutaka. After months of intense and cruel training, he faces his destiny when the Lord and the other two shadows are killed in battle and he must take on the role of Lord Yasutaka....
The womanising master of a run-down dojo hires an unemployed samurai to make himself look good instead of learning the skills himself. He lives to regret this laziness when he falls in love with the daughter of a higher class samurai and is informed on their wedding night that he must defeat her before their marriage can be consumated....
Warlord Oda Nobunaga seeks to unite a fractured Japan. A young man trained in the arts of ninjitsu is manipulated by a ninja master into attempting to assassinate the warlord before he completes his task.
Segunda de las veintiséis películas basadas en el personaje de Zatoichi interpretado por Shintarô Katsu. En esta segunda entrega, Zatoichi se encuentra a un hombre, el cual carece de un brazo por culpa de un ataque de Zatoichi, celoso de él ante la posibilidad de perder a su amada...
The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming increasingly irrelevant. Danpei Ichikawa lives for swordfighting – he was once a renowned kabuki swordfight choreographer, and as the Chairman of the New National Theatre Company, he wants nothing more than to choreograph the swordfights for the modern plays put on by the company.
Podríamos quejarnos de que Kenji Misumi repite desarrollo en la segunda y la tercera parte de “Satan´s Sword”. Sin embargo es una cuestión solo apreciable desde el punto de vista de aquel que lee la sinopsis. En lo que respecta a la película, cada una de ellas se ve respaldada por elementos secundarios que la diferencian completamente de las otras.
Precisamente es el hecho de repetición argumental centrada en la persecución de Hyoma buscando venganza, lo que hace que se debilite ese deseo. Él mismo comienza a tomárselo como una costumbre, llegando a olvidar incluso por qué lo hace. Su lucha interna solo se decidirá al llegar el final del film.
The story of Sasaki Kojiro, a young swordsman, and his quest to train under master Seigen and develop his own style.
This is the story of a blind masseur who tricks people, steals, and kills; he is the anti-Zatoichi
