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Female Ninjas Magic Chronicles: Legend of Yagyu Part 1 (1998)
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Female Ninjas Magic Chronicles: Legend of Yagyu Part 1 (1998)
Original name: くノ一忍法帖 柳生外伝 江戸花地獄篇
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Yuko Moriyama stars in this ninja period piece as one of seven women determined to exact revenge on the evil lord Akinari Katou and “The 7 Spears”, the band of soldiers he commands. Trained assassins and skilled in sorcery, these men took over the Aizu prefecture and took its most beautiful young women as concubines. They left behind 7 daughters now seeking out Jyubei Yagyuu to help get revenge.
Style: period drama
Plot: ninja, female ninja, sword duel, martial arts, magic, revenge, convent, exploitation, female fight, samurai, assassin, nun, mistress, sorcery, demon, women, female nudity, evil, dismemberment, blood, strangulation, crucifix, archery, magical sword, edo period ...
Place: japan

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Reborn from Hell II: Jubei's Revenge (1996)
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Shogun's Ninja (1980)
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Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
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Time: 16th century
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Shogun Assassin (1980)
Genre: Action, Adventure
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Duration: 85 min.
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Duration: 106 min.
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