The Lightning Sword (1962)

  • NR
  • 12/08/1962 (JP)
  • Adventure, Crime, Drama
  • 1h 12m

Overview

Shinjiro is a rambler, a single sword carrying lone wolf with only his fighting skills to protect him. He doesn’t know where his road leads, only that he must find his lost sister, and the ronin who stole her away. The ronin that Shinjiro has sworn to kill. On the road he’ll find his sister and test his blade against his bitter enemy. He also encounters a lost boy searching for his father, a boy he will swear to protect, and find his own lost love, a daughter of the yakuza who draws him into a frenzied and bloody battle between rival yakuza gangs for the control of a frightened town.

Minoru Inuzuka

Screenplay

Bin Kato

Director

Teinosuke Kinugasa

Screenplay

Cast

Tomisaburō Wakayama's headshot

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Shinjiro of Misaki
Shigeru Amachi's headshot

Shigeru Amachi

Higashinosuke Yamagata
Ryûzô Shimada's headshot

Ryûzô Shimada

Tokusaburō
Mieko Kondō's headshot

Mieko Kondō

Oyo
Eigorō Onoe's headshot

Eigorō Onoe

Yamagoro
Jun'ichirō Narita's headshot

Jun'ichirō Narita

Asanosuke
Chitose Maki's headshot

Chitose Maki

Orryu
Reiko Fujiwara's headshot

Reiko Fujiwara

Kaede / Fumie

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