士道を捨て、冥府魔道に生きる鬼となった拝一刀とその子・大五郎、人呼んで子連れ狼の死闘と生き様を描いたシリーズ第4作!拝一刀と柳生軍兵衛との因縁の再会。そして妖しい童子の入墨を胸に持つ女、お雪とは…。元別式女・お雪の刺殺を請け負った一刀。その女は背には山姥、胸には乳をまさぐる童子の入墨を入れた異形の女だった。復讐を秘めたお雪とその父・仁兵衛の悲痛な覚悟。仁兵衛とお雪、一刀と大五郎。親子の悲しい宿命と、それぞれの死を賭した因縁の対決!
In the third film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by Yakuza to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain.
Getting an opportunity to meet with another half-Caucasian swordsman, Kyoshiro finds himself involved in a series of dangerous encounters.
As a child, Okin the one-armed one-eyed swordswoman was disfigured by Lord Daizen-dayu, who was after her family's most treasured possession, the famed Drenched Swallow sword. As an adult, she has become a skilled swordswoman and lives a carefree life with her adopted family. One day, Okin saves a girl from a group of yakuza, and in doing so, gets involved in a grand conspiracy involving religious leaders, government officials, the yakuza and Lord Daizen-dayu, the man who killed her father and mutilated her body...
An abandoned temple in the mountains outside of the old capital city of Kyoto is the scene of a fated meeting between a traveling priest, two women, and a vicious killer. Bloody violence erupts whenever strangers approach the temple. Can the traveling priest bring his belief in the Buddha and rid the three temple residents of the devils that hold their souls?
Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi encounters another swordsman and former rival in love.