Of the surviving Japanese silent films, this superior costume drama is among the most accomplished. It involves some of the personnel of PAGE OF MADNESS but is realised on a large scale and it has the star of GATE OF HELL here at his peak.

The plot resembles that of the later film - warrior unable to have the woman he wants because of her court status - and it anticipates the kung fu films of the seventies in it's choreographed fight scenes, in one of which the hero defeats the squads of proto ninjas, armed only with a flute.

The design and camera are superior. Only the men's make up suggests it's age.

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