Holy Mother director Yoshihiro Nishimura has been a busybody in the last few years campaigning for his two most recent thrillers, the second of which is Onimanji, serving as the spin-off of The Great War Of Torakage (2015). Back at the mantle of course is Masanori Mimoto (Hydra, Bad City) to reprise his role this time for an upgraded story that transports our protagonist into a modern-day story that undoubtedly retains the same feudal swordplay action and unapologetic spectacle fans of Nishimura have come to know and love.
Ninja samurai Onimanji, who has been sealed in a cursed urn for 631 years and 59 days, is resurrected in the modern era by the assassin-for-hire company, Kika Company. The odd team of Kika, Shigeru, a bumbling assassin, and Onimanjii perform a series of dark jobs and must still compete with rival company Nutmeg.
The official trailer is online which you can check out below as it’s been up for a few months now on Twitter and YouTube, and here on Nishimura’s Vimeo page. If this is your first viewing, then do make note of the NSFW label as the footage below is not for general audiences and will surely put some hair on your chest for its two-minute duration.