To ensure his compliance, Dakuan stabs Jūbei with a poisoned shuriken, and promises to give him an antidote once the mission is complete.
Dakuan, a Tokugawa spy, blackmails Jūbei into helping him kill the remaining devils. She is rescued by Jūbei Kibagami, a mercenary ex-Yamashiro ninja, who fights and eventually kills Tessai. The sole survivor, the kunoichi Kagerō, is captured by a devil named Tessai, who rapes her. While investigating the deaths, a Mochizuki Kōga ninja team is massacred by the Devils. The ship runs aground onto Mochizuki territory in a storm, and the Eight Devils of Kimon, a ninja team with supernatural powers in the employ of the Yamashiro, kill the people of the nearby Shimoda Village to keep the gold shipment a secret. The Shogun of the Dark intends to use the gold to buy advanced Spanish weaponry and overthrow the current government, the Tokugawa Shogunate. In Edo period-Japan, the Yamashiro clan mines gold in secret, and sends a shipment to the Toyotomi Shogun of the Dark as payment for his protection. It spawned a television series called Ninja Scroll: The Series in 2003. The film has been cited by The Wachowskis as an influence on the Matrix franchise, and resulted in Kawajiri later contributing to two segments of the anthology film The Animatrix. Alongside Akira and Ghost in the Shell, it was responsible for increasing the popularity of adult-oriented anime outside of Japan. Praised for its animation and action scenes, Ninja Scroll is regarded by many as one of the most influential anime films ever made. Ninja Scroll was theatrically released in Japan on June 5, 1993, and received an English-dubbed release in Western countries through Manga Entertainment in 1995. The film was a co-production between JVC, Toho and Movic, with Madhouse serving as the animation studio. Ninja Scroll (獣兵衛忍風帖, Jūbei Ninpūchō or Jūbē Ninpūchō, literally: "Jubei's Ninja Chronicles") is a 1993 Japanese animated film directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri.
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