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– That Oboro and Gennosuke was actually engaged to be married prior to the fight to the death that happened between the clans. This however was not clearly stated in the movie. But Danjou never gave up on achieving peace between the two clans so after the peace pact was made, Danjou allowed his adopted grandson, Gennosuke, to be engaged to Ogen’s granddaugther, Oboro. Without his knowledge the Kouga assisted in the attack to the Iga Tsubagakure, Ogen was unable to forgive him for the lost of her family and people thus ended their affair.
However, a fateful attack by Oda Nobunaga with the assistance of the Kouga clan sealed their fate forever. They were star crossed lovers looking forward to the agreement between the clans to be meted out so they can finally reveal their affair to their families. – Danjou (Kouga leader) and Ogen (Iga chieftess) were former lovers.
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This was evident in both the movie and the anime however it was more comprehensively explained in the anime. They were then employed into the service of the emperor. – Both the movie and the anime stated that the two clans were forced to enter into a “pact of no hostility” after Hotahori Hanzou invaded the regions and nearly wiped out the Iga clans. For this reason they have a lot of things in common and some pronounced differences.
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> Both the Kouga and Iga clans were employed during the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate the Iga were made the personal/closed in guards of the Emperor while the Kouga acted as the perimeter guards.īoth the movie and the anime series were closely adapted to the above stated facts. However it is not uncommon to find a disgraced lord among the shinobi, the region of the Iga/Kouga clan became a refuge for people who wanted to get away from the oppressive rule of the samurai nobilities. The shinobi warriors were made up most of ordinary people forced to take up arms to defend themselves against oppression from this or that lord. > Because of the remoteness of the regions they inhabit both clans were able to hone and perfect their individual special skills without regulations from the ruling lords. Thus, the much read about rivalry between the two clans. Often when an Iga clan is employed by one side the opposing side is more than likely to employ the Kouga clan. Because of their special skills the shinobi were often employed by the ruling feudal lords for their own purposes. > The Iga/Kouga regions were generally accepted by historians as the birth of Ninjitsu or as it was properly called in olden times “shinobi”. Historical records state that certain individuals or families from the Iga/Kouga or modern the Mie/Omi regions were noted for possessing specific skills. > There exists in reality the Iga and Kouga and they were indeed skilled warriors. However, some things were kept factual such as…. Much of the Kouga and Iga stories were embellished with exaggeration and fantastical tales of superhuman feats. And later that year, a movie called “Shinobi” came out which was also based on the legend of the Iga and Kouga clans. The manga was converted into an anime series in 2005 under Gonzo studios. The novel was made into a manga series created by Masaki Segawa titled Basilisk, which was later followed by another manga series titled “The Yagyu Ninja Scroll”. It was in my search for more information about these clans that I found out about the anime series “Basilisk” which was based on the 1958 novel by Futaro Yamada titled “The Kouga Ninja Scroll”. Though I was not among those completely fascinated with the ninja genre I was completely enthralled with the historical facts embedded into the legends of the Iga and Kouga clans. I found out that the two clans actually exists in feudal Japan and that they were warriors of amazing skills. This was when I got involved in an online group game started by the Filipino-Japan forum I was in. My fascination with the Iga and Kouga clans started several years back.