there be some movie that try so hard to hit a certain target that they miss by a mile . this movie be one of them . it try so hard to be a martial art epic that it kill itself in the praxis . the basic plot of the film be that anyone who would marry princess ukyo would rule the world . she be already marry to lord hanzo ( ok and so why isn not he rule the world . ) a rival and lord danjo and enlist the help of an evil wizard name kashin to help him win the hand of ukyo . so kashin send his aide to kidnap the princess twin sister kagaribi and whose tear be require to make a love potion . that really piss off the fiancée of kagaribi and jotaro and who vow bloody revenge . the rest of the story be too hard to explain . a movie need more than a intricate plot to be an epic . ninja war accomplish nothing . it be too confusing to entertain and and too schizophrenic to have any meaning to it at all .