The Sword of Doom (1966)
Dai-bosatsu tôge
The sword is the soul. Study the soul to know the sword. Evil mind, evil sword.
120 min
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.
- Release date
- February 25, 1966
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Music
- Masaru Satō
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Cast
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Ryunosuke Tsukue
- Yûzô Kayama as Hyoma Utsuki
- Michiyo Aratama as Ohama
- Yôko Naitô as Omatsu
- Toshirō Mifune as Toranosuke Shimada
- Tadao Nakamaru as Isami Kondo
- Kei Satō as Kamo Serizawa
- Kō Nishimura as Shichibei, Omatsu's 'uncle'
- Ichirô Nakatani as Bunnojo Utsuki
- Kunie Tanaka as Senkichi
- Takamaru Sasaki as Ishinsai Nakamura
- Ryōsuke Kagawa as Dansho Tsukue
- Kamatari Fujiwara as Omatsu's grandfather
- Hideyo Amamoto as Shuzen Kamio
- Akio Miyabe as Toshizo Ogata
- Yasuzô Ogawa as Yohachi
- Atsuko Kawaguchi as Okinu
- Shôji Ôki as Soji Okita
- Hiroshi Hasegawa as Aoyama the Scout
- Seishirô Kuno as Kato Chikara
- Keiichi Taki as Kyosuke Kojima
- Takao Zushi as Young Man in Futsuya
- Hiroshi Tanaka
- Kinnosuke Takamatsu as Old Pilgrim
Crew
- Kihachi Okamoto · Director
- Shinobu Hashimoto · Writer
- Kaizan Nakazato · Writer
- Sanezumi Fujimoto · Producer
- Konparu Nanri · Producer
- Masayuki Satô · Producer
- Masaru Satō · Composer
- Hiroshi Murai · Cinematographer
- Yoshitami Kuroiwa · Editor