Kyôtarô Namiki

After mastering swordsmanship at the dojo of Chiba Shusaku, and being unable to serve a clan due to his illness, Hirate Miki became a ronin who wound up as bodyguard to Shigezo of Sasagawa leading up to an epic battle.

1937, and 6 months since Sendai Infantry left for Manchuria. Rotted corpse of young woman is found at the bottom of well, but face & limbs are missing. Military police begin investigation & search for killer, but can't even find victim's identity, let alone clues. Incident is made public by newspape coverage. Staff Sergeant Kosaka is sent from Tokyo which upsets local MP's. Eventually, trooper Tsunekichi is taken into custody by local MP's & interrogated as likely killer. (Letterbox'd & me)

A woman is horribly disfigured after her peers from school throw her off a cliff. Later, the woman gets help from a witch and becomes a shapeshifting bat creature hellbent for revenge.