Genjuro's Deadly Sword: The Return of Shinigami

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

July 19, 2009

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Cast

Kinya Kitaoji,Arata Okumiyama,Hachiro Ijuin,Hirotaro Honda,Hitoshi Nonomura,Ryusei Saito,Michie Hirai,Atsuo Moroki,Naho Toda,Takashi Naitoand 12 more

Director

Tomohiko Yamashita

Writer

Katsuaki Chaki,Tomohiko Yamashita

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt28444686