treasure,based on novel or book,revenge,murder,shinobi,shogunate

The Dagger of Kamui (1985)

Poster for The Dagger of Kamui

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Rintaro
  • Profile picture of Hiroyuki Sanada
    Jirô Hiroyuki Sanada
  • Profile picture of Tarō Ishida
    Tenkai / Saigô Takamori Tarō Ishida
  • Profile picture of Yuriko Yamamoto
    Chico / Julie Rochelle Yuriko Yamamoto
  • Profile picture of Kaneto Shiozawa
    Shingo Kaneto Shiozawa
  • Profile picture of Takeshi Aono
    Sanpei Takeshi Aono
  • Profile picture of Kazuyuki Sogabe
    Sam Kazuyuki Sogabe
  • Profile picture of Takashi Ebata
    Captain Drasnic Takashi Ebata
  • Profile picture of Mami Koyama
    Oyuki (voice) Mami Koyama

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Keywords

  • treasure
  • based on novel or book
  • revenge
  • murder
  • shinobi
  • shogunate