The read
It runs a compact 1h 25m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
78 audience votes
Key crew
- Toshiaki TsushimaOriginal Music Composer
- Hideo GoshaDirector
- Hideo GoshaWriter
- Eizaburo ShibaWriter
Cast
- Mikijiro HiraYuuki Gennosuke
- Gō KatōJurata Yamane
- Shima IwashitaTaka
- Kunie TanakaTanji
- Eijirō TōnoMinister
- Toshie KimuraMisa
- Kantarō SugaDaizaburo
- Yōko MiharaOsen
- Shigeru AmachiVice-Counselor
- Torahiko HamadaCast
- Hajime ArakiCast
- Tsuyoshi DateCast
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Themes
goldgamblingroninshogunjidaigekiedo periodfeudal japan19th century
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