Kagerou is a dangerous suling beauty tormented by her unfortunate curse. Whenever she makes love her breath turns into a poisonous mist, which enters her lover's lungs and kills him. In a horrible twist of fate, Kagerou falls in love with Gennosuke. Of couse, she may never persue her feelings for him and as a result, she harbors an enormous amont of hatred towards Oboro. (Source: FUNimation's Official Basilisk Website)

The heirs to the Kouga and Iga ninja clans, Gennosuke and Oboro, hoped the unsteady truce between their tribes would last—but fate denies the lovers, thrusting their people into war after centuries of peace. The terms are set on two scrolls. One bears a list of Kouga warriors. The other holds a list of those who fight for Iga. The names found on these scrolls can only be crossed out in blood. 

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Stephanie Young is an American voice actress who works for anime series of FUNimation Entertainment. She has provided voices for a number of English language versions of Japanese anime films. She is also a jazz singer, currently being the lead vocalist in her husband's band, "The Brehm's".

German voice actor, Kaoru Kamiya in Samurai X: Reflection (OAV). She was born in Köln. Her parents were opera singers.

The Iga clan and the Kouga clan have been sworn enemies for more than four hundred years. Only the Hanzo Hattori truce has kept the two families from all-out war. Now, under the order of Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa, the truce has finally been dissolved. Ten ninja from each clan must fight to the death in order to determine who will be the next Tokugawa Shogun. The surviving clan will rule for the next thousand years. 
But not all the clan members are in agreement. Oboro of the Iga clan and Gennosuke of the Kouga clan have fallen deeply in love. Now these star-crossed lovers have been pitted against each other. Can their romance conquer a centuries-old rivalry? Or is their love destined to end in death? 
(Source: Del Rey)