The Legend of Ninja Kamui

A grim, patient chase through feudal Japan, heavy with suspicion and social injustice, where every stranger might be an enemy.

Created by

Yonehiko Watanabe

Genres

Animation, Action & adventure

Starring

Chikao Ohtsuka, Toshiko Sawada, Tetsuo Mizutori

Overview

Kamui is a ninja from the Edo period who has decided to leave his clan. After doing so he is pursued relentlessly by the members of his former clan; who consider him to be a traitor and therefore wish to kill him. Kamui then wanders around Japan to escape from them by using his intelligence and great abilities to survive. In the course of the series Kamui begins to suffer from paranoia because of his status as a persecuted man. Kamui then started to believe that everybody wished to murder him and became distrusting of everyone he came across.

How it feels

Dark, tense, earnest and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Survival, isolation, class, justice

Content

Strong violence. Mild gore and language. No sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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