Ghost of the Bamboo Road

When a vengeful spirit terrorizes a mountain village in medieval Japan, a ninja and a Jesuit priest must reveal the truth and save the villagers from the phantom's wrath.

January 1566: En route to Edo, Master ninja Hiro Hattori and Portuguese Jesuit Father Mateo spend the night in a snowy village whose inhabitants live in terror of the yuki-onna--a legendary vengeful ghost. When the innkeeper's wife is murdered, the villagers blame the detectives' disbelief for angering the ghost, forcing Hiro and Father Mateo to investigate and reveal the truth. A mysterious ascetic priest, a stolen bag of silver, and a murderous samurai offer clues, but when another woman turns up murdered in the snow, the investigation becomes a race against time to stop a killer who might not be entirely human after all.