Sword of the Beast (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.
Director: Hideo Gosha
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Mikijiro Hira as Yuuki Gennosuke |
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Gō Katō as Jurata Yamane |
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Shima Iwashita as Taka |
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Kunie Tanaka as Tanji |
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Eijirō Tōno as Minister |
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Toshie Kimura as Misa |
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Kantarō Suga as Daizaburo |
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Yōko Mihara as Osen |
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Shigeru Amachi as Vice-Counselor |
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Torahiko Hamada as |
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Hajime Araki as |
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Tsuyoshi Date as |
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Tôru Hatozaki as |
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Takeshi Katō as Katori |
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Mikio Maejima as |
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Kappei Matsumoto as |
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Hajime Miyazawa as |
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Kôtarô Mori as |
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Yasushi Nagata as |
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Katsue Nitta as |
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Jun Ooi as |
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Kyōichi Satō as |
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Ginzô Sekiguchi as |
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Kôji Tsutsui as |
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Noboru Umezawa as |
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Kiyoshi Yamamoto as |
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Sen Yano as |
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Hisashi Yokomori as |
| Sound | Toshiaki Tsushima | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Hideo Gosha | Director |
| Art | Mamoru Abe | Art Direction |
| Writing | Hideo Gosha | Writer |
| Writing | Eizaburo Shiba | Writer |
| Production | Gin'ichi Kishimoto | Producer |
| Production | Masayuki Satō | Producer |
| Camera | Toshitada Tsuchiya | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Katsura Kawaguchi | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Kyoji Sasaki | Assistant Art Director |
| Sound | Tetsuo Yasuda | Sound Effects Editor |
| Crew | Toshio Shinohara | Special Effects |
| Crew | Kentarô Yuasa | Fight Choreographer |
| Lighting | Yasushi Gonaikawa | Gaffer |
