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Sword of the Beast(1965)
Status: Released
Date: 1965-09-18
74%
71 Votes
Time: 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.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
ProductionCompanies: 
Haiyuza Theater Company
Movie: Sword of the Beast
Top 10 Billed Cast
平幹二朗
Yuuki Gennosuke
加藤剛
Jurata Yamane
岩下志麻
Taka
田中邦衛
Tanji
東野英治郎
Minister
木村俊恵
Misa
菅貫太郎
Daizaburo
三原葉子
Osen
天知茂
Vice-Counselor
浜田寅彦
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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.
Release Date
1965-09-18
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