Shikido is a fictional love tragedy that takes place on the islands of Nippon in AD 1400. Shikido is a ninja emissary, and as one of his missions, he must infiltrate a shogun's household of samurai. His true identity is, of course, disguised, and he courts a princess. But a lady-in-waiting of the same samurai household falls deeply in love with Shikido. By carefully observing him, she discovers he is indeed a ninja working for the emperor,...