Sword of the Beast(1965)

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.

Genre: Action, Drama

Director: Hideo Gosha

Actors: Mikijirô Hira, Gô Katô, Shima Iwashita, Toshie Kimura, Kantarô Suga, Yôko Mihara, Kunie Tanaka, Eijirô Tôno, Shigeru Amachi, Hajime Araki

Release date: 1965-09-18

Country of origin: Japan

Length: 1h 25m

Ratings:

• 7.5/10