Based on a manga written and illustrated by Masaki Segawa, which was also adapted, by the 1958 novel “The Kouga Ninja Scrolls” by Futaro Yamada, “Basilisk” seems to follow closely the aesthetics of “Ninja Scroll”, expanding them significantly, however, by presenting the ninjas as fodder for a fight that is taking place on a much higher level than their own.
In the late 16th century, two rival ninja clans, the Iga Tsubagakure and Kouga Manjidani have been involved in a fight that has been going on for ages, with a number of them not even being sure what started it. The fighting finally ends when Hattori Hanzo the 1st succeeds in forging a cease fire between the two clans by conscripting both into the service of Tokugawa Ieyasu. The bad blood of centuries remain, but the pact actually allows for some peace, and even more remarkably, for the...
In the late 16th century, two rival ninja clans, the Iga Tsubagakure and Kouga Manjidani have been involved in a fight that has been going on for ages, with a number of them not even being sure what started it. The fighting finally ends when Hattori Hanzo the 1st succeeds in forging a cease fire between the two clans by conscripting both into the service of Tokugawa Ieyasu. The bad blood of centuries remain, but the pact actually allows for some peace, and even more remarkably, for the...
- 9/12/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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