By the Sword (1991)

A mysterious man Suba gets himself a job at a fencing academy and as he learns the way of the students the school and its maestro they learn that theres more to him than meets the eye He gains or regains his fencing skills and his philosophy of teaching clashes with the maestros As they are thrown into conflict Suba and the maestros past appear to be linked And the resolution of their mysterious relationship may be a duel to the death