Release Date
1965-09-18
Status
Released
Original Title
獣の剣
Runtime
1h 25m
Original Language
JA
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Haiyuza Theater Company, Shochiku, Haiyu-za Film Production Company Ltd.
Overview
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.
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