Sword of Destiny (1960)
When master swordsman Mikogami Genshiro of the Ono fencing school returns to find that his ailing sensei has been murdered in the dead of night, he must find the culprit and exact revenge. His return sets off a series of violent incidents and incites a high ranked female skilled in sword to test his mettle after he unwittingly offends her. The ever delightful Misora Hibari co-stars with the great Tsuruta Koji in this exciting tale set in the earliest days of the Tokugawa shogunate. Lots of exciting swordfights highlight this entertaining motion picture!
Director:
Yasushi Sasaki
Writer:
Masashige Narusawa
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Koji Tsuruta as |
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Hiroko Sakuramachi as |
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Chie Ueki as |
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Hiromi Hanazono as |
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Kunio Kaga as |
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Kikue Mōri as |
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Kenji Kusumoto as |
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Shin Tokudaiji as |
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Yataro Kurokawa as |
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Ryūnosuke Tsukigata as |
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Hibari Misora as |
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Ryutaro Chikamatsu as |
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Yoshiko Fujita as |
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Mikijiro Hira as |
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Hanzō Kataoka as |
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Ichitarō Kuni as |
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Eiji Minakata as |
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Kyōnosuke Murai as |
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Kinji Nakamura as |
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Tokinosuke Nakamura as |
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Shinnosuke Ogata as |
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Akiko Shiozawa as |
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Kinnosuke Takamatsu as |
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Kyōji Tōyama as |
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Rokurō Wakai as |
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Ryutaro Wazaki as |
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Kunijirō Yanagi as |
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Kyōko Yasaka as |
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Harumi Matsukaze as |
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Shunya Wazaki as |
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Kazutarō Kuni as |
| Lighting | Haruo Nakayama | Lighting Technician |
| Art | Norimichi Igawa | Art Direction |
| Sound | Eiichi Yamada | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Shintarō Miyamoto | Editor |
| Writing | Renzaburō Shibata | Original Story |
| Camera | Motoya Washio | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Masashige Narusawa | Screenplay |
| Directing | Yasushi Sasaki | Director |