Shinobi: Heart Under Blade
Fated to love : Destined To Kill.
Even though Gennosuke and Oboro are from rival ninja villages, they are secretly in love. At an annual conference with the Lord, it is dictated that a competition--a fight to the death--will take place between the five best shinobi from each village. Gennosuke and Oboro's love is made even more impossible when they each got picked as the leader of the five to represent their respective villages.
- Genre: Action
- Studio: Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, Eisei Gekijo, Shochiku, Nippon Television Network Corporation
- Keyword: japan, samurai, ninja fighter, forbidden love, samurai sword, japanese soldier, code of the samurai, japanese royal family
- Cast: Yukie Nakama, Joe Odagiri, Tomoka Kurotani, Erika Sawajiri, Lily, Takeshi Masu