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The Sword of Doom
Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse. It’s a way of life that leads to madness.
1966 · Directed by Kihachi Okamoto · 122 min · Drama · Crime · Action · 30 frames
Tagline
The sword is the soul. Study the soul to know the sword. Evil mind, evil sword.
Crew
- Screenplay: Shinobu Hashimoto
- Cinematography: Hiroshi Murai
- Edited by: Yoshitami Kuroiwa
- Music: Masaru Satō
- Produced by: Sanezumi Fujimoto, Masayuki Satō
Cast
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Ryunosuke Tsukue
- Yūzō Kayama as Hyoma Utsuki
- Michiyo Aratama as Ohama
- Yōko Naitō as Omatsu
- Toshirō Mifune as Toranosuke Shimada
- Tadao Nakamaru as Isamu Kondo
- Kei Satō as Kamo Serizawa
- Kō Nishimura as Shichibei, Omatsu's 'uncle'
- Ichirō Nakatani as Bunnojo Utsuki
- Kunie Tanaka as Senkichi
Production
- Country: Japan
- Language: Japanese
- Studios: Takarazuka Eiga Company Ltd., TOHO
- Themes: martial arts, samurai, based on novel or book, swordplay, murder, jidaigeki, edo period, shinsengumi, 19th century, bakumatsu
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