Sword of the Beast

Sword of the Beast (1965)

18/09/1965
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 GoshaDirector, Writer
  • Eizaburo ShibaWriter
  • Original Title

    獣の剣

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Japanese

Keywords

  • gambling
  • ronin
  • shogun
  • feudal japan
  • 19th century

Top Billed Cast

Mikijiro Hira

Mikijiro Hira

Yuuki Gennosuke

Gō Katō

Gō Katō

Jurata Yamane

Shima Iwashita

Shima Iwashita

Taka

Kunie Tanaka

Kunie Tanaka

Tanji

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Minister

Toshie Kimura

Toshie Kimura

Misa

Kantarō Suga

Kantarō Suga

Daizaburo

Yōko Mihara

Yōko Mihara

Osen

Shigeru Amachi

Shigeru Amachi

Vice-Counselor

Torahiko Hamada

Torahiko Hamada

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