Shōsaku Sugiyama

The Ghost of Yotsuya

In one of Japan's most frequently-told ghost stories, a murdered wife returns in an act of vengeance.

Tenryū no karasu

Hitohada jumon

Kagamiyama Keitsuya-roku

Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: hachi-nin no hanayome

Tsuki no kagebōshi: Kieyuku nōmen

Karakuri hina ningyō

Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onna kitsune yashiki

I Was Tokichiro

Tsuki no kagebōshi: Yama o tobu kitsune hime

Senryō yari

Lefty Fencer

As a child, Okin the one-armed one-eyed swordswoman was disfigured by Lord Daizen-dayu, who was after her family's most treasured possession, the famed Drenched Swallow sword. As an adult, she has become a skilled swordswoman and lives a carefree life with her adopted family. One day, Okin saves a girl from a group of yakuza, and in doing so, gets involved in a grand conspiracy involving religious leaders, government officials, the yakuza and Lord Daizen-dayu, the man who killed her father and mutilated her body...

Wampaku koshi

Ninjutsu wakashu: Tenma Kotarō

Hebi hime dōchū

Driven by a murderous intent, he pursues the palanquin carrying the renowned onnagata Kikunosuke, who has taken the place of the princess destined to marry the lord of the Okazaki domain.