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With most of his family already dead at Ogami Itto's hands, Retsudo launches one final plot to destroy him, and when that fails, unleashes the fury of every remaining member of the Yagyu clan.

After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's finest school of fencing. To prove his valor and skill, he walks deliberately into ambushes set up by the school's followers.

Zatoichi comes upon the town of Tonda, overrun by gangsters. Using one of his favorite techniques, Zatoichi proceeds to win 8 ryo in a rigged gambling game. Of course, the local gangsters attempt to kill him, and the adventure begins. It turns out a blacksmith named Senzo examines Zatoichi's cane sword, and discovers it to be forged by his old mentor. Senzo discovers the sword is at the end of its usefulness and will break when it is used next.

A fugitive lord and his six retainers disguise themselves as monks to bluff their way through a hostile checkpoint.

A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when one of his own vassals commits suicide to bring attention to the crime, the matter is quickly hushed up. Not only will there be no punishment, but because the Daimyo is the Shogun's younger brother, he will soon be appointed to a high political position from which he could wreak even more havoc. Convinced that the fate of the Shogunate hangs in the balance, a plot is hatched to assassinate the Daimyo. The two most brilliant strategic minds of their generation find themselves pitted against each other; one is tasked to defend a man he despises, and has a small army at his disposal. The other is given a suicide mission, and has 12 brave men. They are the 13 Assassins.

Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.

Ogami Itto is hired to kill a tattooed female assassin and battles Retsudo, head of the Yagyu clan, and his son Gunbei.

Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the middle of a power struggle between two rival Yakuza clans, his reputation as a deadly defender of the innocent is put to the ultimate test in a series of sword-slashing showdowns.

ณ ประเทศญี่ปุ่น ราวศตวรรษที่ 19…ซาโตอิจิ ชาย ตาบอดผู้เดินทางร่อนเร่ หาเลี้ยงชีพด้วยการเป็นหมอนวดและการพนันเล็กๆน้อยๆ ภายใต้รูปร่างและท่าทางที่อ่อนน้อม ซาโตอิจิคือปรมาจารย์แห่งเพลงดาบของญี่ปุ่น ผู้มีพรสวรรค์อย่างหาใครเทียบได้ยาก ด้วยเสี้ยววินาทีที่ดาบถูกชักออกมาจากฝัก มันก็ได้ฟาดฟันลงบนเป้าหมายได้อย่างแม่นยำซาโตอิจิ ได้เดินทางรอนแรมมาจนถึงหมู่บ้านในหุบเขาอันห่างไกลแห่งหนึ่ง ด้วยความบังเอิญเขาก็พบเข้ากลุ่มของ กินโซ่ อันธพาลที่พร้อมที่จะไร้ความปราณีต่อผู้ที่เข้ามาขวางแนวทางของตนอย่างเลือด เย็น และนับตั้งแต่ที่กลุ่มได้ว่าจ้างฮัตโตริ ซามูไรรับจ้างมาเข้าพวก พวกมันก็ยิ่งกำเริบเสิบสานมากยิ่งขึ้นเรื่อยๆ

Ichi travels to the village of Itakura to pay his respects at the grave of Kichizo, a man he killed two years ago. When some tax money is stolen while in transit to the governor he is accused and sets out to find the money and clear his name.