Samurai Wolf
โ 7.1 ยท 1966 ยท 75m ยท Action ยท Adventure ยท Drama
This is the story of a vagrant samurai โ the solitary, savage and scrupulous Kiba โ who arrives at a village to defend a beautiful, blind woman against a sinister plot. Her assailants then send against him another samurai, named Sana, who is without scruples. The fight between them will become personal, for the honor and love of the blind woman.
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