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Sword of the Beast (1965)

Sword of the Beast (1965)

Action Drama
Release Date: 1965, September 18
Directors: Hideo Gosha
Countries: Japan
Production: Haiyuza Theater Company, Shochiku
Cast: Eijirō Tōno, Takeshi Katō, Shima Iwashita, Mikijiro Hira, Kunie Tanaka, Kantarō Suga, Yōko Mihara, Gō Katō, Shigeru Amachi, Toshie Kimura

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.

Keywords:

gambling 19th century gold feudal japan jidaigeki ronin edo period 醉拳二 shogun