Kamui no ken

Jun 22 1988 Not Rated 2h 12m
Action, Adventure, Animation

A young boy named Jiro finds his mother and sister murdered in his home. Falsely accused of the crime, he flees from his village and meets a priest named Tenkai, who has him kill a rogue ninja named Tarouza. After fulfilling that task, Jiro undergoes training to become a master assassin. Many years later, Jiro finds out that he was an orphan and his real father was Tarouza, who had worked for Tenkai until he aborted his mission when he fell in love with an Ainu woman. The young ninja discovers that the Shogunate was to retrieve the lost treasure of Captain Kidd and use it to once again isolate Japan from the rest of the world. Using the clues that Tarouza had kept secret, Jiro - along with the female ninja Oyuki and a slave named Sam - travels to Russia and America to search for the treasure in hopes of using it to extract revenge from Tenkai.

Plot

An orphan named Taro killed who Tein-Hei told her was the killer of his family. Taro found out, years later that Tein-Hei is the true killer and the man he killed was his father. Taro's revenge attempts start off a trail of assassinations and ninja swords fights spanning from Hokaido, Alaska to California where Tien-Hei's secrets gradually unfold. The revenge road leads to a climactic battle with Tien-Hei on the fall of Japan's Shogun-era.

Written by

Tetsu Yano, Mori Masaki

Directed by

Rintarô

Cast

Hiroyuki Sanada, Mami Koyama, Tarô Ishida

Crew

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Production Countries

Japan

Production Companies

Kadokawa, Madhouse

Languages

Awards

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Trailers
The Dagger of Kamui | Official Trailer [HD] | Rare 80s Ninja Anime
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Average Rating
6.9 out of 10
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