About this season
Thirteen years after his mother took her own life as a ritual sacrifice for the Black Mass, samurai Kyoshiro (Masakazu Tamura), who lives his life with his eyes turned away from happiness, uses his beloved sword to slay his enemies who come at him.....
Episodes (26)
1. One's Skin Disappears In the Sunset
Aired 3 October 1972 • 47 min
2. Sword Crying in Women Resentment
Aired 10 October 1972 • 47 min
3. Blade Dampened by Rain
Aired 17 October 1972 • 47 min
4. Crescent Moon Cuts Down Sacrificial Love
Aired 24 October 1972 • 47 min
5. Vengeance Blossoms
Aired 31 October 1972 • 47 min
6. Tearing Woman in the Night
Aired 7 November 1972 • 47 min
7. Shooting Red Berries on the Road
Aired 14 November 1972 • 47 min
8. The Holy Virgin Vanished in Flames
Aired 21 November 1972 • 47 min
9. Foreigner's Sword Howls
Aired 28 November 1972 • 47 min
10. A woman's Flower Blooms in the Wilderness
Aired 5 December 1972 • 47 min
11. Witnessing the Divine in the Nude Woman
Aired 12 December 1972 • 47 min
12. Love Stained by Fresh Blood
Aired 19 December 1972 • 47 min
13. Kyoto Rain, Strangled in Crimson Skin
Aired 26 December 1972 • 47 min
14. Crescent Moon Dances in Early Spring
Aired 2 January 1973 • 47 min
15. The Tricorn Hatted Woman Burned
Aired 9 January 1973 • 47 min
16. The Stylish Mad Lady's Song
Aired 16 January 1973 • 47 min
17. Okappiki Has Arrived
Aired 23 January 1973 • 47 min
18. Sorrow Vanished into Darkness
Aired 30 January 1973 • 47 min
19. Men Weep for the Bewitching Woman
Aired 6 February 1973 • 47 min
20. He Died on Red Lips
Aired 13 February 1973 • 47 min
21. A Woman's Bud Blooms Twice
Aired 20 February 1973 • 47 min
22. Cochineal Scent Lingers in the Nun's Temple
Aired 27 February 1973 • 47 min
23. Mysterious Woman Resented the Darkness
Aired 6 March 1973 • 47 min
24. Crying on Forbidden Skin
Aired 13 March 1973 • 47 min
25. Black Hair Called for a Kill
Aired 20 March 1973 • 47 min
26. Kuroshirou Has No Tomorrow
Aired 27 March 1973 • 46 min