Dororo (2007): Cast, Box Office & Plot

During the Sengoku period, a wandering rōnin named Hyakkimaru travels the war-torn land with a young orphan thief named Dororo. Hyakkimaru is born grievously disfigured—lacking limbs, facial features, and internal organs—because his father, the daimyō Kagemitsu Daigo, made a pact with 48 demons to seize power and prosperity for his domain. To spare him from execution, Hyakkimaru’s mother Nui no Kata sets the infant adrift on a river, where the healer Jukai discovers him and eventually raises him. Jukai crafts prosthetic limbs from the remains of dead war orphans, making Hyakkimaru nearly invulnerable to ordinary harm. Embedded in his left arm is a mystical blade, a gift from a traveling storyteller who believes it is destined for Hyakkimaru because goblins have haunted the boy since his discovery.