Kai Doh Maru (2003)

Synopsis: Set in feudal Japan's Heian Era, KAI DOH MARU begins as a young girl named Kintoki flees the Capital city of Kyo after her parents are murdered by her scheming uncle. Heading to the mountains,... Set in feudal Japan's Heian Era, KAI DOH MARU begins as a young girl named Kintoki flees the Capital city of Kyo after her parents are murdered by her scheming uncle. Heading to the mountains, Kintoki settles in a village there and is renamed Kai Doh Maru by the locals. There she studies the martial arts and by seventeen has grown into a skilled samurai. However, when she falls in love with a man named Raiko, past and present collide in a vicious cycle of jealousy and violence. [More]