This was awesome. Beautifully shot, fighting scenes were interspersed with fantastic bullet-time and imaginative powers. Plot wasn't that spectacular, followed the star crossed lover theme almost to a T. But the overall beauty of the movie was enough to overcome that.It's X-Men meets Romeo and Juliet in Ten Shimoyama's ninja action thriller. Gennosuke (Joe Odagiri), from the Koga ninja clan, falls in love with Oboro (Yukie Nakama), from the rival Iga clan. The tribes are already exiled to the mountains, but the evil Shogun is intent on eliminating them. He pits the clans against each other in a duel to the death, where the ninjas wield their supernatural powers. But will inbred hate snuff out forbidden love?
I recommend this highly.
