Souls in the Moonlight (1957)

  • NR
  • 07/13/1957 (JP)
  • Drama
  • 1h 46m

Overview

First part of the famous Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy, based on Kaizan Nakazato’s unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last period of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Daibosatsu Toge tells the story of Tsuke Ryunosuke, a nihilistic swordmaster who doesnt hesitate to kill anyone, bad or good. Despite the authors explicit refusal, the series were later made into plays and movies several times.

Tomu Uchida

Director

Katsuhito Inomata

Screenplay

Eizaburo Shiba

Screenplay

Kaizan Nakazato

Novel

Cast

Chiezō Kataoka's headshot

Chiezō Kataoka

Tsukue Ryunosuke
Kinnosuke Nakamura's headshot

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Hyoma Utsugi
Yumiko Hasegawa's headshot

Yumiko Hasegawa

Ohama / Otoyo
Satomi Oka's headshot

Satomi Oka

Omatsu
Ryūtarō Aoyagi's headshot

Ryūtarō Aoyagi

Shinobu Araki's headshot

Shinobu Araki

Koji Arima's headshot

Koji Arima

Mitsuo Asano's headshot

Mitsuo Asano

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