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Souls in the Moonlight II (1958)

Souls in the Moonlight II (1958)

Action Drama
Release Date: 1958, April 20
Directors: Tomu Uchida
Countries: Japan
Production: Toei Company, Toei Company
Cast: Bokuzen Hidari, Isao Yamagata, Kusuo Abe, Ryōsuke Kagawa, Kōtarō Satomi, Chiezo Kataoka, Satomi Oka, Ryūnosuke Tsukigata, Kunio Kaga, Eijirō Kataoka, Sadako Sawamura, Michiyo Kogure

Overview:

This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva Pass”, following the life and times of bloodthirsty samurai, Tsukue Ryunosuke. Blinded in an explosion and further injured from a fall, the master swordsman is taken in by Otoyo, a woman who falls in love with him. Under Otoyo’s dedicated care, Ryunosuke’s physical and emotional wounds seem to heal. However, deep inside, the demons that drive him to kill yearn to resurface. Meanwhile he is being pursued by Utsugi Hyoma, a young samurai seeking to avenge his brother’s death at Tsukue’s hands. Hyoma is being aided along the way by the clever thief Shichibei.

Keywords:

samurai jidaigeki 醉拳二