The Sword of Doom
大菩薩峠
Drama
Crime
The sword is the soul. Study the soul to know the sword. Evil mind, evil sword.
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.
1966-02-25
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Cast
Director
Kihachi Okamoto
Tatsuya Nakadai as Ryunosuke Tsukue
Yūzō Kayama as Hyoma Utsuki
Michiyo Aratama as Ohama
Yōko Naitō as Omatsu
Toshirō Mifune as Toranosuke Shimada
Tadao Nakamaru as Isamu Kondo
Kei Satō as Kamo Serizawa
Kō Nishimura as Shichibei, Omatsu's 'uncle'
Ichirō 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
Atsuko Kawaguchi as Okinu
Kanzō Uni
Takao Zushi as Young Man in Futsuya
Hiroshi Tanaka
Fumiko Umeka as Okinu's Servant