English voices - William Ross, Tom Korzeniowski, Jean Leroy, Burr Hoyle, Leonardo Leoncavallo

On a wild, stormy night, a group of Fuma ninja infiltrate Edo Castle and steal the Water Tiger mirror. No one knows who they are, or why they stole a mirror. The guard they killed looks as though he met with an accident when a wall collapsed on him. However, he left a clue in the wrapping around a toy he was going to give to his son. This is the character 'kaze' ('wind' - Fuma means 'wind devil' literally). The Fuma return to the castle and kill a number of Iga ninja "Are they men or devils, running like the wind through the castle, breaking through the ninja wall..." At a temple to Marishiten, Kitobo, the second in command of the Fuma, places the Water Tiger mirror before the statue. Fuma Kotaro, the leader appears and chants, "Water calls wind, wind calls fire, fire calls water". He identifies a stranger in their midst and Shintaro is unmasked, disguised as a Fuma ninja.

Shintaro fights his way out of the temple and is pursued by the Fuma through thick sedge and grass. Wounded, he collapses and hides but as Kitobo nears, he dives into the river. Meantime, 5 days have passed since Shintaro went out and Tonbei and Shusaku are worried. Outside the house, Tonbei challenges a komuso (type of itinerant priest) whom he thinks is a spy. This turns out to be Shintaro who leads him to the boat which belongs to the man who rescued him. He says he can't return home just yet because for the first time he has lost a fight. They are interrupted by the arrival of the boat-owner's daughter, Kaori. Shintaro says she was the one who saved his life. He tells him he was fighting Fuma ninja. Tonbei returns and tells his group to search for the temple of Marishiten. Meanwhile Kotaro repeats his chant, Water calls wind, etc. before the Water Tiger mirror in order to find the Wind Thunder mirror. He is successful for he sees Kaori's face in his mirror, just as she sees his in hers, which had belonged to her mother. Tonbei comes to the temple of Marishiten unknowing and asks a priest (Kitobo in disguise) if that is what it is and is captured.

Kotaro kidnaps Kaori and demands she give him the Wind Thunder mirror. She refuses.  Shintaro takes Kitobo prisoner and offers to exchange him for Tonbei and Kaori but Kitobo says Kotaro would have him killed for less. He tells him the Fuma are the  only group who could overthrow the government. Shintaro makes him lead the way to the Fuma hideout, unaware Tonbei has already escaped. Three Fuma ninja attack Kaori's father, Soshiya, for the Wind Thunder mirror but Tonbei has already taken it for safe-keeping, leaving a glass fake. Shintaro decides to finish the journey to the hideout by boat as it would be harder for the Fuma to attack on water but Kotaro has detailed one of his ninja, Naminosuke, a specialist in water tricks deal with him. The boat is attacked by the Fuma dragon ship, a wooden submersible.

Tonbei returns with his group to the temple to rescue Shintaro and Kaori but realises something is amiss when he sees the carrier Kitobo was in. Hew returns to Iga meeting place and prepares for the Fuma attack. Kotaro uses Kaori as bait to lure Shintaro into the temple while the Fuma go to the Iga house to take the Wind Thunder mirror. Shintaro manages to kill the Fuma ninja holding Kaori in the temple and goes to the Iga house where he takes on Kotaro in a duel. Both are slightly wounded.

Shintaro disarms Kotaro of his sword but the ninja still has his whip. Tonbei shoots arrows at him but he whips them  aside then leaps over the roof. Inside all the Iga are dead. Government officials attack the temple by river and by land. The government officials are defeated but in the skirmish, the temple catches fire. The Fuma escape on the dragon ship and Kotaro decides to go after the Fire Dragon mirror and heads for Sagami province. Soshiya tells Shintaro the Wind Thunder mirror came into his  family because he is a descendant of Kozaki Jinnai, the man who betrayed the original Fuma Kotaro. He supposes the Fire Dragon mirror could be the one given to his wife's younger sister, Koshinjo, a nun in a convent near Odawara. Shintaro and Tonbei decide to go to Odawara. After they leave, a Fuma ninja, Kugustu Yonai, emerges from a vase having overheard everything and kills Soshiya. At Antoku convent, Shintaro falls into a trap set by Oboro, Kotaro's sister, disguised as a nun.

Tonbei's quick action saves Shintaro who kills Yonai. Oboro and the Fuma withdraw. Shintaro releases a nun from her bonds who tells him Koshinjo has gone to Soga village. They set out after her. Meantime Shusaku has followed them to Odawara and encounters Koshinjo who carries him as he has injured his foot. They take a variant road back to Odawara through Gongen forest where they are waylaid by Tsubame Dojin and his spider ninja. Shintaro and Tonbei rescue them and Koshinjo tells him she gave the mirror to Princess Aya, the daughter of Lord Okubo in Odawara Castle. Meantime Kotaro reproves Oboro for not killing the nun she captured, tells her to be heartless otherwise the Fuma ninja will destroy her and her being his sister won't make any difference. She begs for the chance to get the mirror.

Oboro is captured. Kitobo offers to rescue her but Kotaro says she must be destroyed as she has failed. Kitobo protests as she is Kotaro's sister but he is adamant. Musai approaches Kitobo and asks for time to rescue her, assuring him that Kotaro might be angry outwardly but will be secretly glad. Musai kidnaps Shusaku and offers to exchange him for Shusaku. Meantime, Aya, fearing for her father's life, goes to Oboro in prison and offers to free her if she raises the curse put on him. Oboro agrees and when Shintaro and Tonbei come for Oboro, they find Aya. They still go through with the exchange only Tonbei is disguised as Aya. Kitobo  interrupts with the real Oboro and there is a fight. Musai success in pinning Shintaro to a tree and begs Kitobo to run him through in order to reach Shintaro. Kitobo does so reluctantly but Shintaro escapes. Oboro tells the dying Musai Shintaro is dead. With Musai's death, Okubo's nightmares cease.

At an inn in Oiso, Shintaro wonders what the secret of the three mirrors is and sends Tonbei and five Iga ninja to Edo to find out. As they are about to cross the Sagami River, they are ambushed. They take refuge in a hunter's hut near Fujisawa with Tonbei wounded. They are surrounded by Fuma and pinned down. Two attempt to break out to get help but one is killed and the other escapes. Kotaro and some Fuma ninja arrive at the inn at Oiso and set fire to it. They attack Shintaro as he runs out with Shusaku.

Shintaro ends up on the roof in a confrontation with Kotaro while the inn burns beneath them. The ninja who escaped the hut finally arrives at Oiso, badly wounded and hears that a little boy and a samurai were burned to death in a fire. He asks a man (Kotaro in disguise) to confirm this who takes him to where the bodies are supposedly. Shintaro interrupts and there is a brief fight and Kotaro escapes with a leg wound as he runs up some stairs. Meanwhile Dojin and his men continue to surround the hut as the Iga group is reduced to two, Tonbei and Koichiro. They prepare to take a last stand. Koichiro is killed and Tonbei is about to take his own life when Shintaro appears and attacks the Fuma. Kotaro calls his men off. Tonbei mourns the loss of his five comrades.

Kagero Jinnai boasts he is the most skilled of the Fuma. Shintaro, Tonbei and Shusaku are returning to Edo and stop at an inn at Fujisawa. Outside, Tonbei duels with a Fuma ninja and eventually kills him. Inside the inn, Jinnai seizes the mirrors briefly in Shintaro's room but is wounded by Shintaro and drops them. He escapes leaving a trail of blood which Tonbei follows up into the ceiling and in a room nearby sees a man asleep in bed who looks exactly like the ninja he killed. An old man in an adjoining room has been injured in the fight. He is desperate to get home to bring his sick grandchild some medicine so Shintaro takes him. Tonbei discovers the man in bed who looks like the dead ninja is dead himself and realises the old man is a ninja. The old man reveals himself as Jinnai and demands the mirrors from Shintaro. There is a fight and Shintaro is  surrounded by multiple Jinnais. Jinnai explains all his men look like him. Shintaro takes the two mirrors and tosses them away. The real Jinnai runs to them and is cut down by Shintaro He tells the other men they are now free.

Tashiro, a highly skilled Iga ninja and friend of Tonbei's arrives with a letter from Lord Sadanobu and a history of Odawara. The three mirrors together will lead to a treasure of one million gold pieces. Whoever has the mirrors must go to a temple at Enoshima. Tashiro also has a letter he found outside Shintaro's home from Koshinjo saying she is sick ands wants to see Shusaku. Shusaku and Tonbei return to Odawara to find Koshinjo well and that she never sent such a letter. Tashiro takes Tonbei's place in guarding Shintaro, identifying various disguised Fuma as they go, then goes after them to test his skill. On a bridge, Shintaro sees Kotaro in a boat on the river. After asking after Kotaro's health (the reply "As you can see!"), he is invited by the master ninja to talk, in the boat. Kotaro plies him with sake and suggests they find the treasure together, which rightfully belongs to the Fuma.  Shintaro declares he is pledged to stop anyone from disturbing the peace and likens the Fuma to the empty sake bottle he tosses into the river. They end up fighting, the winner to take all the mirrors. Shintaro drives off Kotaro and claims all three mirrors. Tashiro returns and they go to a temple on Enoshima while Fuma gather.

Kotaro appears at the top of the steps and says he let Shintaro have the mirrors so he would lead them to the treasure. Shintaro tells him that this temple has nothing to do with the treasure as he had guessed Kotaro's purpose. There is a fight, Shintaro runs into the temple and Tashiro emerges having killed the Fuma within. Shintaro sends Tonbei and Tashiro to Enoshima to look for the hidden temple. With the aid of two children, they find a cave with statues and carvings. Tonbei tells Tashiro to guard it while he fetches Shintaro. Tashiro replies, "Fuma are the wind. No one can see them when they are moving" and Tonbei recognises the voice as that of Kotaro who tells him the real Tashiro was burned to death in a fire two months ago. Tonbei is put aboard the dragon ship. Tashiro takes Shintaro into the cave which is surrounded by Fuma including Kitobo and Oboro. Kotaro manages to grab the mirros in the fight but Shintaro puts his sword to his throat and demands them back. Kotaro tosses them to him and disappears. The fight continues on the cliffs and Shintaro cuts Kotaro across the forehead. He falls into the sea. The dragon shop rescues the Fuma but blows up shortly afterwards as Tonbei had put gunpowder in it before escaping. Shintaro wonders if that is really the end of the Fuma.

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