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Oboro (Yukie Nakama), a granddaughter of Ogen (Riri), is the matriarch of the Iga clan. She meets and falls in love with Gennosuke, the son of Danjo Koga (Minoru Terada), the leader of the Koga clan. Living in the remote mountains, these two clans have, over the centuries, perfected the arts of ninjutsu (known as "Shinobi"), which is far beyond the reach of mere mortals. They are also ancestral rivals and, under the order of Hanzo Hattori (Yutaka Matsushige), chief ninja to Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, are forbidden to exchange secret techniques.
Seeking to consolidate Tokugawa rule and seeing the two clans as a threat to it, a powerful Tendai priest and Tokugawa adviser, Nankobo Tenkai (Renji Ishibashi), schemes to set them against each other. He commands the two clans to each choose five champions who will battle to the death. The survivor will be elevated in rank and power.
Both Oboro and Gennosuke are selected as champions, but neither are aware, at least initially, of each other's position. Also, Gennosuke doubts the shogunate's good intentions and refuses to take part in the contest. But when his comrades begin to fall, he is forced into action. He cannot, however, bring himself to battle at least one Iga warrior: Oboro...
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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful
Bought this from Japan a while ago, and when I saw it I could not understand why this hadn't yet made it to our shores and blown the Western competition away. Because that's what it does; Hollywood only dreams of making anything a quarter of the quality of this film. Ten Shinobi Ninjas from two secret and mysterious villages are set against each other when the ban on war between the two is lifted, for not entirely genuine reasons. This unleashes the bloodlust and the desire for the fight in them all, except for the two leaders who are involved in a 'Romeo & Juliet' type romance. Typical imaginative and poignant Japanese slaughter ensues. This movie is astounding. The fight scenes are breathtaking, the special effects are astounding, the characters are interesting and performances of a very high standard. The plot does not take second place to aesthetics, and deals deeply with inescapable destiny and sacrifice, doomed love, and much more. You've never seen anything quite like this. See it.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
A simple tale that highlights the lowlights and plight of love. The story itself was an interesting one and rather than 'all action' it did have an overpowering emotional blanket wrapping the characters together and giving the action a meaning, rather than just action for action's sake. It is the first film of it's kind that I have seen, being a big fan of world cinema. Crouching Tiger and other such films are not the same type as this.. this feels less Hollywoody in composure and more true to it's origins. I'm not a huge fan of DVD extras, but watched/ read the various character bios - very well laid out and appealing. Clearly, I'm impressed and do recommend this film.
Only real negative was that we didn't see more of the different characters from the clans. This film could easily have been made much, much longer or even have had a sequel.. it only really lacked in this respect. BIG THUMBS UP to the director.. you can tell he loves his work and researches well. For instance, the most interesting weapon in the film (the chakra) was rightly attributed to it's founders; the Sikhs of India.
Well done!
Only real negative was that we didn't see more of the different characters from the clans. This film could easily have been made much, much longer or even have had a sequel.. it only really lacked in this respect. BIG THUMBS UP to the director.. you can tell he loves his work and researches well. For instance, the most interesting weapon in the film (the chakra) was rightly attributed to it's founders; the Sikhs of India.
Well done!
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
I watched this film with a group made up of mainly guys who were all pretty disappointed with it, especially the guy who had bought an imported version from Japan before it was released in the UK. The few women present loved it and it is one of my favourites.
It's a beautiful and heart breaking love story with martial arts, violence and mythology, but I think it may appeal more to women than men.
It's a beautiful and heart breaking love story with martial arts, violence and mythology, but I think it may appeal more to women than men.
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I'm now have a problem though. I can decide which character has the coolest ability.
I'm now have a problem though. I can decide which character has the coolest ability.
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