- Drama, Crime, Action
- 122 min
- NR
The sword is the soul. Study the soul to know the sword. Evil mind, evil sword.
Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse. It’s a way of life that leads to madness.
DramaCrimeActionmartial artssamuraibased on novel or bookswordplaymurderjidaigekiedo periodshinsengumi19th centurybakumatsushinchogumirōshigumi
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- Bleak ending
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Cast
- Tatsuya NakadaiRyunosuke Tsukue
- Yūzō KayamaHyoma Utsuki
- Michiyo AratamaOhama
- Yōko NaitōOmatsu
- Toshirō MifuneToranosuke Shimada
- Tadao NakamaruIsamu Kondo
- Kei SatōKamo Serizawa
- Kō NishimuraShichibei, Omatsu's 'uncle'
- Ichirō NakataniBunnojo Utsuki
- Kunie TanakaSenkichi
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- Kihachi OkamotoDirector
- Shinobu HashimotoScreenplay
- Kaizan NakazatoNovel
- Hiroshi MuraiDirector of Photography
- Masaru SatōOriginal Music Composer
- Yoshitami KuroiwaEditor
- Masayuki SatōProducer
- Sanezumi FujimotoProducer
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