The battle for the Capital city of Kyo rages as warring political factions vie for power against hereditary rulers. After the murder of her parents at the hands of her seditious uncle, a young girl named Kintoki flees to the mountains to lead a harsh life; she is renamed Kai Doh Maru by the local villagers. Rescued by Raiko, the Captain of 'The Four Knights' - honorable defenders who protect the peace of the city, she is raised within their group as a boy. Living among the Knights, she learns the practices of martial arts and develops into a skillful samurai, becoming a permanent member of their team. Now, as a young woman of seventeen, she begins to discover new feelings of passion and love for Raiko... but she also discovers that these new emotions cause a storm of jealousy and rage in another woman linked to her past.
Kai Doh Maru has generally received mixed reviews.
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Kai Doh Maru was released in 2001 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 21 reviews, giving Kai Doh Maru (2001) an average rating of 43%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 50%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 0%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed Kai Doh Maru a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 43%, Kai Doh Maru is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2001, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2001 with similar scores include films like Jason X, The Musketeer and 3000 Miles to Graceland.
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