DVD release of 1972 motion picture. Based on the story by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima. Historical and translation information included on folded sheet inserted into container. 880-01 Wakayama Tomisaburō, Watanabe Fumio, Itō Yūnosuke, Tsuyuguchi Shigeru, Mayama Tomoko, Naitō Taketoshi.
Summary:
Shogun and personal executioner Ogami finds his wife murdered by the Ninja assassins of Lord Yagyu. He escapes certain death with his young son, Daigoro, and gives the boy a choice between a ball and a sword: if he chooses the ball, he will join his mother in heaven ; if he chooses sword, he will be a fellow fugitive seeking vengeance. Part one of a six-part series.
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