Souls in the Moonlight II (1958)
This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva Pass”, following the life and times of bloodthirsty samurai, Tsukue Ryunosuke. Blinded in an explosion and further injured from a fall, the master swordsman is taken in by Otoyo, a woman who falls in love with him. Under Otoyo’s dedicated care, Ryunosuke’s physical and emotional wounds seem to heal. However, deep inside, the demons that drive him to kill yearn to resurface. Meanwhile he is being pursued by Utsugi Hyoma, a young samurai seeking to avenge his brother’s death at Tsukue’s hands. Hyoma is being aided along the way by the clever thief Shichibei.
Director:
Tomu Uchida
Writers:
Eizaburo Shiba, Katsuhito Inomata.
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Chiezo Kataoka as Ryûnosuke Tsukue |
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Michiyo Kogure as Otoku |
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Yumiko Hasegawa as Otoyo |
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Ryūnosuke Tsukigata as Shichibei |
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Kunio Kaga as Yonetomo |
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Kōtarō Satomi as Shintaro Mochizuki |
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Isao Yamagata as Kamio Shuzen |
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Eijirō Kataoka as Kinzo |
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Yumiko Hasegawa as |
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Satomi Oka as Omatsu |
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Yoshiharu Ueki as Kuratao / Ichitaro |
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Harumi Urazato as Okinu |
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Sadako Sawamura as Otsuno |
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Kusuo Abe as Kanbei Utabe |
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Akitake Kōno as Momozo Zenriki |
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Bokuzen Hidari as Doan |
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Ryōsuke Kagawa as Mochizuki Sobei |
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Akira Kishii as Yohachi |
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Kinnosuke Nakamura as Utsugi Hyoma |
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Chiyonosuke Azuma as Komai Noto-no-kami |
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Harue Akagi as |
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Kinnosuke Fujiki as |
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Kyōichi Hara as |
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Michiko Hoshi as |
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Hiroshi Kato as |
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Michimaro Otabe as |
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Takeshi Kumagai as |
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Kazutarō Kuni as |
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Kenji Kusumoto as |
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Hiroshi Mizuno as |
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Gorō Naniwa as |
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Toshikazu Sahashi as |
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Matsunosuke Sasaki as |
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Hideo Shimada as |
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Mamoru Shimokawa as |
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Kichijirō Ueda as |
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Yujiro Omi as |
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Katsuya Ishimaru as Yohei |
| Directing | Tomu Uchida | Director |
| Production | Hiroshi Okawa | Producer |
| Writing | Eizaburo Shiba | Screenplay |
| Camera | Shigeto Miki | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Katsuhito Inomata | Screenplay |
| Writing | Kaizan Nakazato | Novel |
| Art | Takatoshi Suzuki | Art Direction |
| Editing | Shintarō Miyamoto | Editor |
| Art | Minoru Akita | Set Decoration |
| Art | Jun'ichirô Tamaki | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gô Mikami | Costume Design |
| Directing | Shumei Onishi | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Shiro Fukai | Original Music Composer |