The Samurai (1962)

Mark of the Fuma (5x1)

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On a wild, stormy night, a group of Fūma ninja infiltrate Edo Castle and steal the Water Tiger mirror. No one knows who they are, or why they stole a mirror. The guard they killed looks as though he met with an accident when a wall collapsed on him. However, he left a clue in the wrapping around a toy he was going to give to his son. This is the character 'kaze' ('wind' - Fūma means 'wind devil' literally). The Fūma return to the castle and kill a number of Iga ninja "Are they men or devils, running like the wind through the castle, breaking through the ninja wall..." At a temple to Marishiten, Kitobō, the second in command of the Fūma, places the Water Tiger mirror before the statue. Fūma Kotarō, the leader appears and chants, "Water calls wind, wind calls fire, fire calls water". He identifies a stranger in their midst and Shintarō is unmasked, disguised as a Fūma ninja.