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    The Sword of Doom

    Movie

    Poster of the movie The Sword of Doom
    1966     Action drama    
    1h 59min
    Original titleDai-bosatsu tôge
    Original lang.Japanese
    CountryJapan

    Ryunosuke is a sociopathic samurai without compassion or scruples. When he is scheduled for an exhibition match at his fencing school, the wife of his opponent begs Ryunosuke to throw the match, offering her own virtue in trade. Ryunosuke accepts her offer, but kills her husband in the match. Over time, Ryunosuke is pursued by the brother of the man he killed. The brother trains with the master fencer Shimada. In the meantime, however, Ryunosuke earns the enmity of the band of assassins he runs with, and it becomes a question of who shall face him in final conflict.

    Directed byKihachi Okamoto
    Written byShinobu Hashimoto, Kaizan Nakazato
    CompanyThe Criterion CollectionThe Criterion CollectionThe Criterion Collection

    Starring

    Tatsuya Nakadai
    Michiyo Aratama
    Yûzô Kayama
    Yôko Naitô
    Tadao Nakamaru
    Kei Satô
    Kô Nishimura
    Ichirô Nakatani
    Kunie Tanaka
    Takamaru Sasaki
    Ryôsuke Kagawa
    Kamatari Fujiwara
    Hideyo Amamoto
    Akio Miyabe
    Yasuzô Ogawa
    Kyôji Hayakawa
    Atsuko Kawaguchi
    Shôji Ôki
    Hiroshi Hasegawa
    Kanzô Uni
    Kôji Kakigi
    Hirohito Kimura
    Shôji Kosugi
    Shin Ibuki
    Seishirô Kuno

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