Souls in the Moonlight II (1958)
Overview
This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva Pass”, following the life and times of bloodthirsty samurai, Tsukue Ryunosuke. Blinded in an explosion and further injured from a fall, the master swordsman is taken in by Otoyo, a woman who falls in love with him. Under Otoyo’s dedicated care, Ryunosuke’s physical and emotional wounds seem to heal. However, deep inside, the demons that drive him to kill yearn to resurface. Meanwhile he is being pursued by Utsugi Hyoma, a young samurai seeking to avenge his brother’s death at Tsukue’s hands. Hyoma is being aided along the way by the clever thief Shichibei.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ja |
| Popularity | 0.5773 |
Directed By
Tomu Uchida
Crew
Hiroshi Ookawa
Tomu Uchida
Jun'ichirô Tamaki
Kaizan Nakazato
Katsuhito Inomata
Eizaburo Shiba
Gô Mikami
Minoru Akita
Minoru Miki
Shumei Onishi
Shintarō Miyamoto
Takatoshi Suzuki
Shiro Fukai
TOP CAST
Chiezō Kataoka
Ryûnosuke Tsukue
Michiyo Kogure
Otoku
Yumiko Hasegawa
Otoyo
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Shichibei
Kunio Kaga
Yonetomo
Kōtarō Satomi
Shintaro Mochizuki
Isao Yamagata
Kamio Shuzen
Eijirō Kataoka
Kinzo
Satomi Oka
Omatsu
Yoshiharu Ueki
Kuratao / Ichitaro
Harumi Urazato
Okinu
Sadako Sawamura
Otsuno
Kusuo Abe
Kanbei Utabe
Akitake Kōno
Momozo Zenriki
Bokuzen Hidari
Doan
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Mochizuki Sobei
Akira Kishii
Yohachi
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Utsugi Hyoma
Chiyonosuke Azuma
Komai Noto-no-kami
Katsuya Ishimaru
Yohei
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