Amid the crimson-saturated feudal conflicts of Japan, the Awa house faced assured annihilation by a rival faction empowered by infernal allies. Their deliverance turns into a bane when the household hound returns with the severed head of the opposing warlord yet demands to wed his daughter! This bizarre matrimony yields offspring, but they are slain; their eight unborn pups transform into the eight Canine Warriors – The Hakkenden. The eight reborn spirits pursue individual courses of bloodshed and vengeance, yet gradually unite as a powerful cohort embodying the eight principles of bushido to vanquish the fiends and restore their lineage for the honor of ancestors.
