Shigurui: Death Frenzy
Shigurui
2007, Series, 24 min, Action, Animation, Drama, Japanese, Japan, MoviePedia score 70
At the beginning of the Edo Era, when people enjoyed a time of peace, Lord Tokugawa Tadanaga holds a fighting tournament. In the past, matches were fought with wooden swords. This time, real swords will be used. One-armed Fujiki Gennosuke and blind Irako Seigen will fight each other in this match. Both are disciples of Iwamoto Kogan, who is known as Japan's greatest swordsman. Each of them are determined to prove himself the successor of Iwamoto's school. However, there can only be one champion. So begins a story of intertwining fates, conflict, and strange destinies.
Where to watch in India
- Stream on Crunchyroll, Sony Liv
Directed by Hiroshi Hamasaki, Yuzuru Tachikawa
Cast
- Daisuke Namikawa as Fujiki Gennosuke
- Emi Shinohara as Iku
- Seizô Katô as Kogan Iwamoto
- R. Bruce Elliott as Ushimata
- Mike McFarland as Narrator
- John Burgmeier as Gennosuke
- Nozomu Sasaki as Irako Seigen
- Jerry Russell as Kogan
- Houko Kuwashima as Iwamoto Mie
- Laura Bailey as Mie
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