Shogen Nitta

When the wife of the Shogun's Decapitator is murdered and he is ordered to commit suicide by the paranoid Shogun, he and his four-year-old son escape and become assassins for hire, embarking on a journey of blood and violent death.

Ogami Itto and Daigoro are hired to assassinate a clan traitor protected by three bodyguards known as the Gods of Death.