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* Mushizo, the ugly hunchback who is a living hornet nest.

* Zakuro, the female [[Mad Bomber|explosive specialist]] whose body appears to be stitched together like Frankenstein's monster and who also gives the same treatment to the [[Action Bomb|Action Bombs]] she creates.

 

There is also a minor subplot of the strange love rectangle between Yurimaru, Zakuro, Genma, and Benisato. Zakuro is hot for Yurimaru (who is gay and sleeping with Genma), while Genma is also sleeping with Benisato, much to the chagrin of Yurimaru. For these characters, [[Love Hurts]].

* [[And I Must Scream]] / [[A Fate Worse Than Death]]: This is Genma's final fate.

* [[Badass Grandpa]]: Dakuan

** For a given value of "basic", anyway. Jubei has the ability to perform an ''iaijutsu'' draw, which can strike an enemy or object that is beyond the actual range of his blade. The visual effects used to convey this are fairly understated in the movie (and much less so in the series).

** Jubei is this to Kagero when he confronts Tessai

* [[Blood Lust]]: Tessai drinks the blood from the lead Koga ninja's dismembered arm [[For the Evulz|to freak out Kagero]].

* [[Body Horror]]: Good ''God.''

* [[Depraved Homosexual]]: Yurimaru

* [[Deus Sex Machina]]:

** Kagero poisons people who sleep with her. {{spoiler|This is subverted when Jubei chooses not to sleep with Kagero despite knowing she's the cure to Dakuan's poison.}}

* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: The melting point of gold is nearly eleven times the boiling point of water; a fire burning at those temperatures would have completely destroyed the ship long before the molten gold could have enveloped Genma. (Also: trying to battle in a fire of such magnitude would be akin to dueling inside a blast furnace.)

* [[Eye Scream]]: {{spoiler|Tessai is not hard as rock all over.}}

* [[Fan Disservice]]: Lots of it, although given the tone of the film, it's difficult to say whether it was intended that way...

** There's also Jubei's appearance at the [[Hot Springs Episode|hot spring]].

* [[Go Out with a Smile]]: {{spoiler|Kagero's heartbreaking farewell to Jubei.}}

* [[Gosh Hornet]]: Mushizo sends a bevy of hornets to attack Kagero.

* [[Poisonous Person]]: Kagero

* [[Psycho Electro]]: Yurimaru

** When Kagero resists Tessai's attempts to rape her, he flat-out tells her he wouldn't mind raping her corpse instead.

** Shijima molests Kagero, but whether it's part of establishing his mind control over her or for his own jollies is never made clear.

* [[Razor Wind]]: This is Jubei's only supernatural power (other than his ability to survive getting the crap beaten out of him by Tessai and Genma).

** The supernatural part being the skill, durability, and muscle necessary to use it. {{spoiler|It involves a wire. [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works]], right?}}

** Well, sort of. Some of the film's character designers also worked on ''[[Samurai Shodown]]'' and its sequels, and several characters' designs are based on characters from ''Ninja Scroll'': Caffeine Nicotine (Dakuan); Tachibana Ukyo (Mujuro); Shiki (Benisato); Amakusa (Yurimaru); Basara (Shijima); Sieger (Genma).

*** In a more direct fashion: Kibagami Jubei's name comes from Kibagami Genjuro and [[Yagyu Jubei]].

* [[Yandere]]: Zakuro

* [[Yaoi Guys]]: This trope is alluded to with Genma and Yurimaru.

 

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