This movie begins with several samurai attempting to ambush "Kashima Yoki" (Meiko Kaji) but abruptly getting slain for their efforts. Even so, her activities don't go unnoticed and soon she becomes one of the most wanted outlaws in Japan and is hunted mercilessly. Then one day the odds become too much to overcome and she is captured and subsequently tried and convicted by a court of law. However, on the day of her scheduled execution she is rescued by a small group of men led by a man named "Kikui Seishiro" (Shin Kishida) who has great need of her extraordinary skills as an assassin. But first she has to ingratiate herself with her target who goes by the name of "Ransui Tokunaga" (Jûzô Itami) in order to steal a document in his possession that has great value to Kikui. What she doesn't know, however, is that Kikui isn't who he appears to be and that there is much more to Ransui than she realizes. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this film was a bit more realistic than the previous film which helped it to some extent. Unfortunately, I was very disappointed in the ending and for that reason I have had to lower my rating accordingly. Slightly above average.
