The Samurai (1962)

Phantom Captive (8x12)

Ausstrahlung: Sep 20, 1964

Chidori is taken to the Iga Mansion and questioned closely but won't talk. Kongō tells Densai that if she cannot be rescued, she will have to die. Shintarō knows she won't talk so disguises himself as a Phantom ninja and rescues her, knowing she will lead him to the Phantom hideout. Densai intercepts her and tells her that it is a trap and that the ninja she is with did not come from them. He sends her on while he fights with Shintarō in revenge for all the Phantom ninja he has killed. Chidori watched by Tonbei enters the real Phantom hideout which is Lord Rokkaku's mansion. Kongō berates her for not realising she had fallen into a trap and tells her she must pay for the mistake. She asks only to cut Shintarō once with her sword. He agrees.. When Shintarō and Tonbei arrive at the Rokkaku's mansion they find his chief samurai, Kurome Monjūrō who lets them search the place and tells them the lord has taken everyone and gone to Hakone. They are attacked by Phantom ninja and during the melee Kurome kills Chidori.