This film essentially begins with an attractive woman named "Oyuki" (Michi Azumi) being attacked by several samurai who have all accused her of betraying their clan. Being an extremely skilled swordsman in her own right, she hastily kills all of them and, rather strangely, cuts off their top knots before going on her way. The film then shifts to the most feared assassin in Japan named "Ogami Itto" (Tomisaburo Wakayama) agreeing to a contract to kill Oyuki. To that extent, he then proceeds to find out more about his next intended target but in doing so he also comes across a number of skilled samurai who have been sent to kill him as well. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that I found this to be a pretty good film up until about the last 10 minutes or so when the director (Buichi Saito) seemed to let the action get a bit out-of-hand. But that is just my opinion. Be that as it may, I still enjoyed this film and I have rate it accordingly. Slightly above average.
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