Souls in the Moonlight (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.
Director:
Tomu Uchida
Writers:
Katsuhito Inomata, Eizaburo Shiba.
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Chiezo Kataoka as Tsukue Ryunosuke |
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Kinnosuke Nakamura as Hyoma Utsugi |
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Yumiko Hasegawa as Ohama / Otoyo |
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Satomi Oka as Omatsu |
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Ryūtarō Aoyagi as |
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Shinobu Araki as |
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Koji Arima as |
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Mitsuo Asano as |
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Kinnosuke Fujiki as |
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Sumiko Hidaka as |
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Bokuzen Hidari as Doctor Doan |
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Hiroshi Hitomi as |
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Eijirō Kataoka as |
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Gorō Kawabe as |
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Mitsukazu Kawamura as |
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Akira Kishii as |
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Sōji Kiyokawa as |
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Hachirō Minamoto as |
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Hiroshi Mizuno as |
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Hajime Morita as |
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Yasushi Nagata as |
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Tokinosuke Nakamura as |
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Susumu Namishima as |
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Matsunosuke Sasaki as |
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Kinnosuke Takamatsu as |
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Mitsugu Terashima as |
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Ryūnosuke Tsukigata as |
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Kyōji Tōyama as |
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Noboru Umezawa as |
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Harumi Urazato as |
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Isao Yamagata as Lord Kamio |
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Yoshio Yoshida as Kidnapper |
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Denjirō Ōkōchi as Toranosuke Shimada |
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Yujiro Omi as |
| Directing | Tomu Uchida | Director |
| Production | Mitsuo Makino | Producer |
| Camera | Shigeto Miki | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Katsuhito Inomata | Screenplay |
| Writing | Eizaburo Shiba | Screenplay |
| Art | Takatoshi Suzuki | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gô Mikami | Costume Design |
| Writing | Kaizan Nakazato | Novel |
| Editing | Shintarō Miyamoto | Editor |
| Sound | Shiro Fukai | Original Music Composer |