The Hakkenden - The Legend of the Dog Warriors (LD 2 of 7)

Release date: 1995-10-03
Suggested retail price: $39.98
Age rating: NR

SKU: PILA-1192-A
UPC: 013023458260 013023458260

Description:
THE HAKKENDEN
Shadowy evil spirits descend on Hamaji, Shino's fate becomes wrapped up with that of the Murasame sword, and the third and fourth dog warriors make their appearance...

Make way for the third and fourth dog warriors, Dosetsu Inuyama and Genpachi Inukai! Dosetsu must endure the fact that he has mistakenly killed his own sister, while Shina and Genpachi clash in a titanic battle atop Horyu Tower that has become legendary since the time the original story first appeared. This one is chock full of highlights! The fourth episode features the sensational work of Takashi Nakamura, famous for his art direction of Akira, who lends his touch to some of the most original action scenes ever.

Episode Three
The Futility Dance
Sosuke becomes an assassin after being ordered by Kamezasa to kill Shino. The two warriors, however, soon realize the extent to which fate has connected them, and make a pledge of brotherhood. As for Hamaji, she learns that her hand in marriage has been promised to the jindai, Higami Kyuroku. Deeply in love with Shino and despondent over this news, Hamaji decides to kill herself, but is saved at the last minute by Samojiro Aboshi, who later reveals to her his true nature as an evil sorcerer and sets upon Hamaji himself. Hamaji's subsequent rescuer turns out to be her long lost brother, Dosetsu Inuyama, from whom she was separated at birth.

Episode Four
Horyu Tower
In the midst of the disturbance in Otsuka village caused by Hamji's disappearance, there comes the arrival of evil itself, personified by the jindai and his retainer, to whom the village chief and his wife soon fall prey. Only one man, Sosuke, is able to stand up to them, though it is he who is ultimately arrested and blamed for the murders of his step-parents. Meanwhile, Shino arrives in Koga and is granted an audience with the Shogun, Nariuji Ashikaga. The legendary Murasame sword that he offers up, however, is revealed to be a fake, and Shino becomes a hunted criminal. But the man released from captivity in the castle dungeon and assigned to capture Shino turns out to be none other than the fourth dog warrior, Genpachi Inukai.

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