Joran: The Princess of Snow and Blood — Season 1, Episode 10: Confidential File 089, Star Sign

Episode synopsis

Jin Kuzuhara is the ruthless, enigmatic head of the shogun's personal group of assassins, Nue. But how did he come to serve the Tokugawa regime? And what is his secret connection to Sawa?

About Joran: The Princess of Snow and Blood

The year is 1931. Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu holds absolute control over Japan. Remnants of the Meiji era’s culture can be seen around the city, but scientific technology and Japanese esoteric cosmology Onmyodo are also developing. Yet lurking behind the glitz is Kuchinawa, a dissident group planning the assassination of the prince. Tasked to extinguish these dissidents is Nue, the government’s secret executioner group. Sawa Yukimura, who works for this organization, suffered at the hands of the Kuchinawa boss. Her entire family was murdered and she dedicated her life to avenging their death.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Confidential File 101, The Blue Flower of Carnage
• E2Confidential File 033, The Treasurer
• E3Confidential File 614, The Enemy Within
• E4Confidential File 099, Kuchinawa
• E5Confidential File 620, Divine Right
• E6Confidential File 623, Daybreak
• E7Confidential File 637, A Fleeting Spring
• E8Confidential File 642, The Witching Hour
• E9Confidential File 668, Ethereal Love
• E11Confidential File 701, Past and Future
• E12Confidential File 707, The Land of Blessed Words