Film

Genjuro's Deadly Sword: The Return of Shinigami

2009 · 1h 29m · Action · Drama · History

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.

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

• Tomohiko YamashitaDirector · Screenplay
• Katsuaki ChakiScreenplay

Release date

July 19, 2009

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 29m

Genres

Action, Drama, History