# Sword for Truth (1990)

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**Original title**: *修羅之介斬魔劍 死鎌紋の男*
**Runtime**: 49 min
**Genres**: Animation, Horror
**Directed by**: Osamu Dezaki
**Written by**: Takeshi Narumi
**Starring**: Kazuhiko Inoue, Rei Sakuma, Tessyo Genda, Yuko Mizutani, Ginzo Matsuo, Kazuhiko Kishino

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Midnight, winter. A single katana gleams with frost.

A lone ronin’s back bears two crossed scythes stitched in scarlet thread.

A princess’s veil drifts through ninja smoke.

Cold steel answers the cut.

**Mood tags**: 3am-cult

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