Mikijiro HiraYuuki GennosukeSavaraTV movie
Sword of the Beast
Legendary swordplay filmmaker Hideo Gosha's Sword of the Beast chronicles the flight of the low-level swordsman Gennosuke, who kills one of his ministers as part of a reform plot. His former comrades then turn on him, and this betrayal so shakes his sense of honor that he decides to live in the wild, like an animal. There he joins up with a motley group who are illegally mining the shogun’s gold, and, with the aid of another swordsman, gets a chance not just at survival but to recover his name and honor.
Mikijiro Hira, Gō Katō, Shima Iwashita
Hideo Gosha
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Sword of the Beast
Legendary swordplay filmmaker Hideo Gosha's Sword of the Beast chronicles the flight of the low-level swordsman Gennosuke, who kills one of his ministers as part of a reform plot. His former comrades then turn on him, and this betrayal so shakes his sense of honor that he decides to live in the wild, like an animal. There he joins up with a motley group who are illegally mining the shogun’s gold, and, with the aid of another swordsman, gets a chance not just at survival but to recover his name and honor.
Information
- Released
- Sep 18, 1965
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Status
- Released
Language & origin
- Original audio
- Japanese
- Country
- JP
- Rating
- Not rated
- Directed by
- Hideo Gosha
Production
- Studio
- Haiyuza Theater Company
- Studio
- Shochiku
Cast
People in this story
Mikijiro HiraYuuki Gennosuke
Gō KatōJurata Yamane
Shima IwashitaTaka
Kunie TanakaTanji
Eijirō TōnoMinister
Toshie KimuraMisa
Kantarō SugaDaizaburo
Yōko MiharaOsen
Shigeru AmachiVice-Counselor
Torahiko HamadaCastMetadata and artwork discovery powered by TMDB.
