Kinji Fukasaku
is a 1983 Japanese historical martial arts fantasy film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. The script is adapted from Toshio Kamata's 1982 novel "Shin Satomi Hakkenden" (新・里見八犬伝), itself a loose reworking of the epic serial "Nansō Satomi Hakkenden" by Kyokutei Bakin.