Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
5 audience votes
Key crew
- Tomu UchidaDirector
- Katsuhito InomataScreenplay
- Eizaburo ShibaScreenplay
- Shiro FukaiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Chiezo KataokaRyûnosuke Tsukue
- Michiyo KogureOtoku
- Yumiko HasegawaOtoyo
- Ryūnosuke TsukigataShichibei
- Kunio KagaYonetomo
- Kōtarō SatomiShintaro Mochizuki
- Isao YamagataKamio Shuzen
- Eijirō KataokaKinzo
- Yumiko HasegawaCast
- Satomi OkaOmatsu
- Yoshiharu UekiKuratao / Ichitaro
- Harumi UrazatoOkinu
Themes
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