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.
| Title | Sword of the Beast |
|---|---|
| Year | 1965 |
| Genre | Action, Drama |
| Country | Japan |
| Studio | Haiyuza Theater Company |
| Cast | Mikijiro Hira, Gō Katō, Shima Iwashita, Kunie Tanaka, Eijirō Tōno, Toshie Kimura |
| Crew | Toshiaki Tsushima (Original Music Composer), Hideo Gosha (Director), Toshitada Tsuchiya (Cinematography), Mamoru Abe (Art Direction), Hideo Gosha (Writer), Eizaburo Shiba (Writer) |
| Keyword | gambling, ronin, shogun, feudal japan, 19th century |
| Release | Sep 18, 1965 |
| Runtime | 85 minutes |
| Quality | HD |
| IMDb | 7.50 / 10 by 64 users |
| Popularity | 5 |
| Budget | 0 |
| Revenue | 0 |
| Language | 日本語 |
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