Takayuki Akutagawa

A minister unofficially asks a samurai to lead a squad of assassins to eliminate an annoying Lord. Director Eiichi Kudo plays with the absurdity of the feudal system; where loyalty and honor are used to enslave men; where samurais are only tools of the political game. (asiatorrents.com)

Gen, a former ninja with a price on his head travels about Japan seeking the identity of the mysterious “Kagekubo” leader of his former group who issued a death warrant on him for desertion. (KG & me)