Merciless Blade (1953)
The first film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.
Director:
Kunio Watanabe
Writer:
Kunio Watanabe
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Kusuo Abe as |
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Shinobu Chihara as |
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Kensaku Hara as |
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Haruyo Ichikawa as |
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Kunio Kaga as |
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Ryōsuke Kagawa as |
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Chiezo Kataoka as Ryûnosuke Tsukue |
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Gorō Kawabe as |
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Noboru Kiritachi as |
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Akira Kishii as |
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Mitsuko Miura as |
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Kunitaro Sawamura as |
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Eijirō Kataoka as |
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Eitarō Shindō as |
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Kyoji Sugi as |
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Ryūnosuke Tsukigata as |
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Ko Yamamuro as |
| Directing | Kunio Watanabe | Director |
| Writing | Kunio Watanabe | Screenplay |
| Writing | Kaizan Nakazato | Story |
| Crew | Takashi Watanabe | Cinematography |
| Art | Heikichi Kakui | Art Direction |
| Sound | Kenjirō Tōjō | Sound |
| Lighting | Kenji Tanaka | Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Eiichi Yamada | Original Music Composer |