The Lightning Sword (1962)
Released:
1962-12-08
Duration:
1hr 12min
Rating 8.0
Overview
Shinjiro is a rambler, a single sword carrying lone wolf with only his fighting skills to protect him. He doesn’t know where his road leads, only that he must find his lost sister, and the ronin who stole her away. The ronin that Shinjiro has sworn to kill. On the road he’ll find his sister and test his blade against his bitter enemy. He also encounters a lost boy searching for his father, a boy he will swear to protect, and find his own lost love, a daughter of the yakuza who draws him into a frenzied and bloody battle between rival yakuza gangs for the control of a frightened town.
Production Companies
Daiei Film
Additional Info
Budget | $0.00 |
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Revenue | $0.00 |
Original Language | ja |
Popularity | 0.705 |
Directed By
Bin Kato
Crew
Director
Bin Kato
Bin Kato
Screenplay
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Screenplay
Minoru Inuzuka
Minoru Inuzuka
Editor
Mitsuzô Miyata
Mitsuzô Miyata
Director of Photography
Shozo Honda
Shozo Honda
Sound Recordist
Sakae Nagaoka
Sakae Nagaoka
Art Direction
Shigeru Katô
Shigeru Katô
Original Music Composer
Nakaba Takahashi
Nakaba Takahashi
TOP CAST
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Shinjiro of Misaki
Shigeru Amachi
Higashinosuke Yamagata
Ryûzô Shimada
Tokusaburō
Mieko Kondō
Oyo
Eigorō Onoe
Yamagoro
Jun'ichirō Narita
Asanosuke
Chitose Maki
Orryu
Reiko Fujiwara
Kaede / Fumie
Yūji Nanto
Takuro
Ikuko Mōri
Oharu
Toshio Chiba
Tomizo