Genjuro's Deadly Sword: The Return of Shinigami
2009
89 minutes
Overview
Genjuro’s crime was assassination, his punishment was to survive a faked execution and lose his home, lose his identity, and emerge as Maboroshi Shinigami, the Phantom Assassin. When his wife is kidnapped and tortured to reveal his whereabouts and dragged to the executioner for crucifixion by corrupt clan officials, Genjuro faces an army of swords to save her. Evil men aim to frame Genjuro for another murder. For their scheme they need only one thing, Genjuro’s dead body. Genjuro will have to cut down their swordsmen and challenge Sarashina Gunpei, deadliest blade in Japan in a final blood-soaked battle.
Top Cast
Atsuo Nakamura
Kinya Kitaoji
Naho Toda
Takashi Sasano
Toshinori Omi
Hirotaro Honda
Kumiko Endo
Kotaro Tanaka
Kaoru Okunuki
Takashi Naito
Takeo Nakahara
Shinobu Tsuruta
Hideji Ōtaki
Ryusei Saito
Keisaku Wada
Hachiro Ijuin
Atsuo Moroki
Michie Hirai
宇野嘉高
Hitoshi Nonomura
Arata Okumiyama