Film · Crime, Drama, Action
The Sword of Doom (1966)
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.
- Director
- Kihachi Okamoto
- Writers
- Shinobu Hashimoto, Kaizan Nakazato
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Release date
- February 25, 1966
- Original title
- 大菩薩峠
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
Takamaru SasakiIshinsai Nakamura
Ryōsuke KagawaDansho Tsukue
Kamatari FujiwaraOmatsu's grandfather
Hideyo AmamotoShuzen Kamio- Akio MiyabeToshizo Ogata
- Yasuzō OgawaYohachi
- Kyōji HayakawaHeisuke Todo
Atsuko KawaguchiOkinu- Shōji ŌkiSoji Okita
- Hiroshi HasegawaAoyama the Scout
