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Hakkenden: Legend of the Dog Warriors (1990)
During the war-torn feudal wars in Japan, the Awa clan faced certain extinction from a rival clan backed by demonic forces. However, a careless promise by their lord leads to both salvation and disgrace when their family dog brings back the head of the enemy warlord and insists on marrying the lord's daughter. Their unnatural union bears fruit but when both are killed, the eight unborn pups are reincarnated as the eight Dog Warriors - The Hakkenden. As they slowly find each other and come together as a group, these eight warriors, who represent the eight separate aspects of Bushido, engage in bloody battles with demonic entities and evil samurai in a final attempt to redeem their clan!
Writing:
- Bakin Kyokutei
Release Date:
Thu, Oct 25, 1990
Country: JP
Language: Ja
Runtime: 30
Country: JP
Language: Ja
Runtime: 30
Kiyonobu Harita
Rikijirou (voice)
Masaaki Hiramatsu
Hitoyo (voice)
Toshio Funazu
Tota (voice)
Akio Otsuka
Daikaku Inumura (voice)
Arisa Andô
Masaka (voice)
Aya Hisakawa
Hamaji (voice)
Chafurin
Haichirou Kanamari (voice)
Chieko Honda
Hamaji (voice)
Chikao Ohtsuka
Ikkaku Akaiwa (voice)
Hajime Koseki
Kagetsura Anzai (voice)
Hidenari Ugaki
Komiyama (voice)
Hidetoshi Nakamura
Suketomo Ohta (voice)
Hideyuki Umezu
Sabohei Kamado (voice)
Hiroshi Ito
Mukusaku (voice)
Hirotaka Suzuoki
Samojirou Aboshi (vioce)
Junpei Takiguchi
Hikiroku (voice)
Kaneta Kimotsuki
Narrator (voice)
Kappei Yamaguchi
Sosuke Inukawa (voice)
Kikuko Inoue
Hikute (voice)
Kiyonobu Suzuki
Yoshirou Ubayaki (voice)
Koichi Kitamura
Arimura (voice)
Koichi Yamadera
Dousetsu Inuyama (voice)
Kumiko Watanabe
Kurayago (voice)
Kunihiko Yasui
Hattarou (voice)
Mahito Tsujimura
Yasuhei (voice)
Masako Katsuki
Funamushi (voice)
Masako Nozawa
Kamezasa (voice)
Masao Imanishi
Nariuji Ashikage (voice)
Masashi Ebara
Daisuke Kanamari (voice)
Masayuki Omoro
Ounai (voice)
Megumi Hayashibara
Inusaka Mouya (voice)
Miki Ito
Fuse Princess (voice)
Minami Takayama
Keno Inusaka (voice)
Mitsuaki Hoshino
Shakuhachirou (voice)
Motomu Kiyokawa
Mitsuhiro Jinyo (voice)
Naoki Bando
Yoshinari Satome (voice)
Noriko Hidaka
Shinbei Inue (voice)
Ritsuo Sawa
Motofuji Hikita (voice)
Ryuuzaburou Ootomo
Awayuki (voice)
Sakiko Tamagawa
Hinaginu (voice)
Shigeru Nakahara
Shahei Higami (voice)
Shigeru Shiibashi
Sesuke (voice)
Shinobu Adachi
Nabiki (voice)
Show Hayami
Fusahachi (voice)
Shuichi Ikeda
Samojirou Aboshi (voice)
Sukekiyo Kameyama
Gobaiji Gunki (voice)
Takeshi Aono
Bansaku Inuzuka (voice)
Tamio Ohki
Yoshizane Satome (voice)
Tessyo Genda
Kobungo Inuda (voice)
Tomohiro Nishimura
Genpachi Inugai (voice)
Tomomichi Nishimura
Daiki Makuwari (voice)
Toshihiko Seki
Shino Inuzuka (voice)
Toshiyuki Morikawa
Yoshinari Satomi (voice)
Yoshiko Asai
Isanako (voice)
Yoshino Takamori
Nui (voice)
Yusaku Yara
Kyuroku Higami (voice)
Season 1:
The year is 1457. Princess Fuse, daughter of Yoshizane Satomi, Lord of Awa province, is forced into matrimony with her dog, Yatsufusa. This situation occurs when, under siege by the neighboring army of Lord Kagetsura Anzai and facing starvation. Yoshizane makes a desperate, last-ditch promise to the animal. Ultimately, the princess is killed, along with Yatsufusa, by a bullet from the gun of Daisuke Kanamari, who had come to rescue her. At the moment of Fuse's death, eight spirit beads from the necklace she was wearing disperse into the sky and the legend of the dog warriors begins.
The year is 1458. A child is born in the village of Otsuka, in Musashi Province. His name is Shino Inuzuka. After coming of age, he is entrusted with a legendary sword, the Murasame, by his father Bansaku. Shino's father, however, commits hara-kiri after losing face when his brother-in-law, Hikiroku Otsuka, tries to trick him into giving up the sword, Then Shino, devastated by his father's death, somehow comes into possession of a small bead, On this strange bead, the Chinese character ""KO"", symbolizing filial devotion mysteriously appears.
Sosuke becomes an assassin after being ordered by Kamezasa to kill Shino. The two warriors, however, soon realize the extent to which fate has connected them, and make a pledge of brotherhood. As for Hamaji, she learns that her hand in marriage has been promised to the jindai, Higami Kyuroku. Deeply in love with Shino and despondent over this news, Hamaji decides to kill herself, but is saved at the last minute by Samojiro Aboshi, who later reveals to her his true nature as an evil sorcerer and sets upon Hamaji himself. Hamaji's subsequent rescuer turns out to be her long lost brother, Dosetsu Inuyama, from whom she was separated at birth.
In the midst of the disturbance in Otsuka village caused by Hamaji's disappearance, there comes the arrival of evil itself, personified by the jindai and his retainer, to whom the village chief and his wife soon fall prey. Only one man, Sosuke, is able to stand up to them, though it is he who is ultimately arrested and blamed for the murders of his step-parents. Meanwhile. Shino arrives in Koga and is granted an audience with the Shogun, Nariuji Ashikaga. The legendary Murasame sword that he offers up, however, is revealed to be a fake, and Shino becomes a hunted criminal. But the man released from captivity in the castle dungeon and assigned to capture Shino turns out to be none other than the fourth dog warrior, Genpachi Inukai.
One day, in the town of Gyotoku, in the province of Shimousa, an innkeeper named Kobungo Inuta rescues two men while fishing on the Tone river. The men turn out to be Shino and Genpachi, who had been adrift since falling into the river from Horyu Tower. Kobungo's brother-in-law Fusahachi, however, recognizes the two as fugitives, and alerts the authorities. During the heat of an intense battle, Fusahachi mistakenly kills his wife, Nui, and in his moment of shock, he is struck down by Kobungo. But all that remain are the carcasses of two dogs...
Leaving Gyotoku, the three warriors take Nui's infant son Daihachi and set off for Otsuka village. Back in Otsuka, Sosuke faces a death sentence after being charged with the murders of his step-mother and father. After getting wind of this, Shino and Genpachi go to his rescue. Under cover of night, the two sneak onto the killing ground and hide themselves. Then, just as Sosuke is about to have his punishment of crucifixion carried out, they pounce... Will they succeed in their quest to rescue Sosuke and escape to safety?
Shino, Sosuke, Genpachi, Kobungo and Dosetsu get together finally. However, Dosetsu is obesessed with revenge on Sadamasa Uesugi for his father. He attacks Uesugi in his carrier, but the man he has killed is Uesugi's impostor who is used as a decoy to trap Dosetsu! Dosetsu and the other dog warriors are driven into a corner by Uesugi's troop!
Having disguised himself as a dancing girl, Keno draws ever closer to avenging his father. But when the dark shadows of Taigyuro are drenched in blood, evil spirits unsheathe their malicious fangs...
Daikaku lives in his reclusive hideaway, disowned after his father was taken over by evil spirits. His sword grown dull by memories of bygone days, he has been driven to the very brink of despair...
Hamaji emerges from the spirit world enrapturing the three dog warriors, as an evil shadow creeps into their tormented souls...
Who really is this Aboshi that has joined up with the Hikitas, the enemies of the Satomi clan?! The mystery of the fateful attraction that has brought these eight dog warriors together is about to be solved.
The time has come to solve this strange mystery! Manipulated by the hand of fate, the eight warriors gather at Satomi Castle. They find, however, the figure of Hamaji in the enemy's clutches.
The time for the final battle has come at last. Will they savour victory...or suffer defeat? And what strange fate awaits the eight dog warriors after their fight?
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