
Onihei Gaiden - Promise in the Shadows
Overview
Ex-bandit Komakichi has a random encounter with an ex-ally, Matsuzou. Seeing each other for the first time in 35 years, the two drink and talk about their past, without revealing their current lifestyles, Matsuzou then recounts an odd story... The doomed reunion slowly steers the old bandits toward a life-changing event.
Top Cast


Isao Hashizume
Isao Hashizume
Komakichi
Isao Hashizume
Komakichi


Jun Kunimura
Jun Kunimura
Matsuzou
Jun Kunimura
Matsuzou


Mayumi Wakamura
Mayumi Wakamura
Mayumi Wakamura


Takahito Hosoyamada
Takahito Hosoyamada
Takahito Hosoyamada


Toru Masuoka
Toru Masuoka
Toru Masuoka


Jundai Yamada
Jundai Yamada
Jundai Yamada


Mitsuomi Takahashi
Mitsuomi Takahashi
Mitsuomi Takahashi


Seizō Fukumoto
Seizō Fukumoto
Seizō Fukumoto


Minori Terada
Minori Terada
Minori Terada


Shinji Ogawa
Shinji Ogawa
Shinji Ogawa
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