A Japanese immigrant village is decimated by a ruthless group of ninjas, controlled by a Grand Master who sells his skills to the highest bidder – a contract that can only be broken by death. Three children survive the massacre: one lives as a beggar but is secretly a master ninja, another is a blind fortune teller, and the third has a son named Tiger who trains under the beggar to become a ninja. Forty years later, the Grand Master relentlessly searches for the child of the village Princess, determined to fulfill his deadly contract at any cost. (First part of a longer film series.)