The Dagger of Kamui
カムイの剣
“Orphaned Jiro trains under priest Tenkai, becoming a deadly fugitive entangled in global secrets and ancient mysteries.”
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Orphaned Jiro trains under priest Tenkai, becoming a deadly fugitive entangled in global secrets and ancient mysteries.
A young boy named Jiro is forced to flee his village after a devastating tragedy befalls his family. Taken in by a mysterious priest named Tenkai, he begins a harsh journey of survival that will shape him into something far more dangerous than a simple fugitive. As Jiro hones his skills in the shadows, he becomes entangled in a web of secrets that spans continents and centuries. Alongside unlikely allies—including a skilled female ninja and a man with his own hidden past—he embarks on a perilous quest that will take him far beyond the borders of Japan, where ancient mysteries and powerful forces await. (Source: ANN)
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. (Source: ANN)
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7.9/10
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- 9/10 “This old-school favorite is a long-lasting anime movie made with real effort, partially based on actual history, and it starts strong and ends very strong regardless of runtime. The background...”
- 9/10 “This might just be the greatest ninja anime film of all time, rivaling Ninja Scroll, with fluid action and striking visuals that enthrall any fan of 80's era anime, even if not quite at Akira or...”
- 8/10 “Kamui no Ken is a historical drama following a half Ainu, half Japanese boy framed for murder, set against the Tokugawa era, Boshin War, and early Meiji period, with a backdrop full of mystery,...”
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No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — The Dagger of Kamui begins and ends here.
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Reel · 01 Cat. №BS-0465
- Format
- 1 × 132′
- eps × min
- Total runtime
- 2h 12m
- all episodes
- Aired
- Mar 1985 – Mar 1985
- Winter 1985
- Source
- Movie
- media type
- Rated
- PG
- 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref.
- BS-0465
- catalog