The Hidden Blade (Kakushi-ken: oni no tsume)
A lower-class samurai, named Katagiri, secretly loves Kie, a servant in his family's household. Eventually their perception of honor forces them to part, and he must turn his focus toward a disheartening task. His old friend, Yaichiro Hazama, has been fomenting rebellion against the government, and Katagiri must hunt him down and kill him.
| Director: | Yôji Yamada |
| Producer(s): | Takeo Hisamatsu, Hiroshi Fukusawa, Ichirô Yamamoto |
| Cast: | Nenji Kobayashi, Min Tanaka, Ken Ogata, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Masatoshi Nagase, Takako Matsu, Yukiyoshi Ozawa, Tomoko Obata, Reiko Takashima |
