Tajomaru: Avenging Blade (2009)
Original title: TAJOMARU
Tajomaru: Avenging Blade is a 2009 Japanese-language action movie directed by Hiroyuki Nakano, with a running time of 2h 6m. It stars Shun Oguri, Yuki Shibamoto and Kei Tanaka.
TAJOMARU is the famous 'bandit' of the forest from RASHOMON. Whoever kills Tajomaru inherits his name, status and sword. A royal brother leaves his kingdom to protect the princess he loves, only to find a series of harrowing adventures along the way which lead him back to where he came from, and then disinheriting his past to become the bandit TAJOMARU.