Satan's Sword (1960)
Overview
The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last period of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Daibosatsu Toge tells the story of Ryunosuke Tsukue , a nihilistic swordmaster who doesn't hesitate to kill anyone, bad or good.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ja |
| Popularity | 1.249 |
Directed By
Kenji Misumi
Crew
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Kenichi Okamoto
Iwao Ôtani
Kanji Suganuma
Akira Naitô
Kaizan Nakazato
Kenji Misumi
Masaichi Nagata
Hiroshi Imai
Seiichi Suzuki
TOP CAST
Raizō Ichikawa
Ryunosuke Tsukue
Kōjirō Hongō
Hyoma Utsugi
Tamao Nakamura
Ohama / Otoyo
Fujiko Yamamoto
Omatsu
Kenji Sugawara
Kondo, Isamu
Jun Negami
Serizawa
Chishū Ryū
Tsukue
Michiko Ai
Okinu
Ryûzô Shimada
Kamiya Shuzen
Toshio Chiba
Coolie Saizo
Saburo Niwamata
Utsugi
Reiko Fujiwara
Courtesan Yuki
Yoichi Funaki
Shinzaburo
Yoichi Mashio
Yohachi
Yoshito Yamaji
Onogawa
Bontarō Miake
Urajuku no Shichibee
Shōgo Shimada
Shimada Toranosuke
Shinobu Araki
Nakamura Isshin
Tatsuo Hanabu
Itsumi Toshiyasu
Shōzō Nanbu
Katayanagi Banjirou
Kōichi Katsuragi
Fujisaku
Saburo Date
Hirama Jusuke
Kómori Ičikawa II
Ando
Ryūzaburō Mitsuoka
Kurosaka
Kōichi Mizuhara
Akame
Sumao Ishihara
Quick lunch shopkeeper
Jun Fujikawa
Kumosuke no Rokuzo
Akira Shimizu
Kumosuke no Sanzo
Kazuo Ōbayashi
Itsumi's disciple
Yūji Hamada
Yoshimura
Gen Kimura
Okada Yaichi
Kenji Morita
Taxman Kato
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