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Sword of the Beast

7.519651h 25mJapanese

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.

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ActionDrama
Starring

Mikijiro Hira, Gō Katō, Shima Iwashita

Directed by

Hideo Gosha

Sword of the Beast

ActionDrama

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

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 HamadaCast
HHajime ArakiCast
TTsuyoshi DateCast

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