This movie does not skimp on action, either. There are plenty of sword fights, both one on one duels and scenes where Ogami takes on a gaggle of enemies. We get to see various people use swords, chain and sickles, bladed pole-arms, and primitive firearms, most often with bloody results. The fights are dramatic and quick, and extremely well edited. If you're into this kind of film, you'll be in Nirvana during Sword of Vengeance .
Special mention needs to made of the presentation.
We reviewed Animeigo's new release of this film, part of their new Samurai Cinema series. This is something to be happy about. Cropping the image at best robs the watcher of the original compositions that the Japanese cinematographers created, and at worst renders scenes incomprehensible. If you want to see what we mean, you could rent Shogun Assassin , a dubbed, cropped re-edit of this film and the next entry in the series, Baby Cart at the River Styx . Blah blah blah.