If you loved Ninja, A Band of Assassins, try Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Satsuo Yamamoto, and they sit in Action territory. If that's the register that drew you to Ninja, A Band of Assassins, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance is
You walk into a shrine unarmed, tasting water you didn’t pour. The cup poisons the page before the cup reaches your lips and two shadows slip into the trees. Nobunaga decides death is too gentle for ninja, a thought that freezes even Hideyoshi’s smile. The director lingers on the silence between screams.

