A blacksmith is forging an enormous sword while a dark man with only one eye and one arm stands back and watches. The dark man approaches a castle by a large town. There is an Inn there where some castle guards burst in with a girl demanding a fight, but instead just have some drinks. The grandfather of the girl attempts to rescue her, but is badly beaten in the attempt. Suddenly one of the castle guards is shot in the head by a crossbow bolt and others soon follow. The dark man walks into the inn and shoots another castle guard in the shoulder. He walks up to the injured castle guard and orders him to tell his master the Black Swordsman has come. He slays another soldier with his enormous sword and leaves the inn. The injured castle guard goes to his Master's Minister and explains about the Black Swordsman. The minister orders that this criminal must be found. He is afraid of bringing the news to his master. While a search begins, the injured castle guard tells his master wha
Elenco: Masuo Amada , Tomohiro Nishimura , Akiko Yajima , Toshiyuki Morikawa , Nobutoshi Canna , Akira Ishida , Unshō Ishizuka , Jeff Ward , Kevin T. Collins , Michelle Newman , Sean Schemmel , Yūko Miyamura , Yuri Shiratori .