Kamui (Sanpei Shirato)

is a Japanese showa manga series created by Sanpei Shirato. It first seriazlied in Seirindo's monthly gekiga magazine Garo from December 1964 to July 1971.

The manga was continued through a successful sequel titled in Shogakukan's Big Comic magazine through irregular serialization from 1982 to 2000. In 1987, two volumes became one of the first manga titles to be published in the United States (by Eclipse Comics and Viz Comics), as The Legend of Kamui. The Viz edition featured lettering and retouching by Usagi Yojimbo creator Stan Sakai.

An anime series adaptation titled was produced by TCJ and broadcast in Japan from April to September 1969 on Fuji TV for 26 episodes.

A live-action film titled Kamui Gaiden (カムイ外伝) was produced by Shochiku, directed by Yōichi Sai and staring Kenichi Matsuyama in the titular role. It premiered at Toronto International Film Festival on September 16, 2009 before Japan.

Plot
Taking place in the Edo period, Kamui is a low-born ninja who decided to leave his clan, which results in him branded as a traitor. Using his intelligence and ninja abilities to survive, Kamui wanders around Japan while escaping his pursuers from his former clan. In the course of the series, Kamui begins to suffer from paranoia because of his status as a persecuted man, and starts believing that everybody wished to murder him and became distrusting of everyone he came across.