Sword of the Beast (1965)

  • NR
  • 09/18/1965 (JP)
  • Action, Drama
  • 1h 25m

Overview

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.

Hideo Gosha

Director, Writer

Eizaburo Shiba

Writer

Cast

Mikijiro Hira's headshot

Mikijiro Hira

Yuuki Gennosuke
Gō Katō's headshot

Gō Katō

Jurata Yamane
Shima Iwashita's headshot

Shima Iwashita

Taka
Kunie Tanaka's headshot

Kunie Tanaka

Tanji
Eijirō Tōno's headshot

Eijirō Tōno

Minister
Toshie Kimura's headshot

Toshie Kimura

Misa
Kantarō Suga's headshot

Kantarō Suga

Daizaburo
Yōko Mihara's headshot

Yōko Mihara

Osen

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