Souls in the Moonlight

Souls in the Moonlight

106 mins | Drama | July 13, 1957

First part of the famous Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy, 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 Tsuke Ryunosuke, a nihilistic swordmaster who doesnt hesitate to kill anyone, bad or good. Despite the authors explicit refusal, the series were later made into plays and movies several times.

Souls in the Moonlight

106 mins | Drama | July 13, 1957

Souls in the Moonlight
First part of the famous Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy, 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 Tsuke Ryunosuke, a nihilistic swordmaster who doesnt hesitate to kill anyone, bad or good. Despite the authors explicit refusal, the series were later made into plays and movies several times.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Toei Company, Ltd.
Original title 大菩薩峠
Directors Tomu Uchida
Writers Kaizan Nakazato, Katsuhito Inomata, Eizaburo Shiba

Cast

Chiezō Kataoka

as Tsukue Ryunosuke

Kinnosuke Nakamura

as Hyoma Utsugi

Yumiko Hasegawa

as Ohama / Otoyo

Satomi Oka

as Omatsu