Sword of the Beast

Sword of the Beast

85 mins | Drama, Action | Sept. 18, 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.

Sword of the Beast

85 mins | Drama, Action | Sept. 18, 1965

Sword of the Beast
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.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Shochiku Co., Ltd.
Original title 獣の剣
Directors Hideo Gosha
Writers Eizaburo Shiba, Hideo Gosha

Cast

Mikijirō Hira

as Yuuki Gennosuke

Gō Katō

as Jurata Yamane

Shima Iwashita

as Taka

Kunie Tanaka

as Tanji

Eijirō Tōno

as Minister

Toshie Kimura

as Misa

Kantarô Suga

as Daizaburo

Yōko Mihara

as Osen

Jun Ooi

as