The Dagger of Kamui
132 mins
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.
Takashi Toyama
Tokachi Hanzô
Tetsu Yano
Novel
Satoru Ikegami
Producer
Osamu Tanaka
Editor
Satoru Utsunomiya
Key Animation
Kyoko Matsubara
Key Animation
Shinji Otsuka
Key Animation
Shigetaka Kiyoyama
Key Animation
Yasuomi Umetsu
Key Animation
Kengo Inagaki
Key Animation
Reiko Kurihara
Key Animation
Nobumasa Shinkawa
Key Animation
Mori Masaki
Screenplay
Eitetsu Hayashi
Original Music Composer
Emi Hoshino
Key Animation
Kinichi Ishikawa
Cinematography
Takuo Noda
Animation Director