Le Sabre du mal (1966)
Japon 1860. Les samouraïs savent que leur caste va bientôt disparaître. Certains, comme Shimada, se concentrent sur l'enseignement de la " voie du sabre ". D'autres intriguent entre partisans de l'Empereur et nostalgiques du Shogun. Les autres se replient sur eux-mêmes, refusant la réalité, et se réfugient dans l'ultra-violence, le nihilisme absolu. C'est le cas du maître dévoyé Ryunosuke Tsukue. Sa botte secrète, la garde " Silence et Regard calme " le transforme en sabreur invincible. Tsukue assassine froidement le grand-père de la douce Omatsu. Lorsqu'il donne son accord pour un match d'exhibition dans son ancienne école d'escrime, la femme de son adversaire, connaissant sa réputation de guerrier imbattable et sanguinaire, le supplie de perdre délibérément le combat, offrant sa vertu en compensation. Ryunosuke accepte son offre mais tue le mari pendant le match...
Directeur:
岡本喜八
écrivain:
Shinobu Hashimoto
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Tatsuya Nakadai as Ryunosuke Tsukue |
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加山雄三 as Hyoma Utsuki |
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新珠三千代 as Ohama |
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内藤洋子 as Omatsu |
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Toshirō Mifune as Toranosuke Shimada |
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中丸忠雄 as Isamu Kondo |
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佐藤慶 as Kamo Serizawa |
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Kō Nishimura as Shichibei, Omatsu's 'uncle' |
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中谷一郎 as Bunnojo Utsuki |
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Kunie Tanaka as Senkichi |
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佐々木孝丸 as Ishinsai Nakamura |
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香川良介 as Dansho Tsukue |
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Kamatari Fujiwara as Omatsu's grandfather |
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天本英世 as Shuzen Kamio |
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宮部昭夫 as Toshizo Ogata |
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小川安三 as Yohachi |
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Kyōji Hayakawa as Heisuke Todo |
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川口敦子 as Okinu |
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大木正司 as Soji Okita |
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長谷川弘 as Aoyama the Scout |
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宇仁貫三 as |
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Shin Ibuki as Yaichi Okada |
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久野征四郎 as Kato Chikara |
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滝恵一 as Kyosuke Kojima |
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頭師孝雄 as Young Man in Futsuya |
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Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi as |
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田中浩 as |
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高松錦之助 as Old Pilgrim |
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Fumiko Umeka as Okinu's Servant |
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Chikako Sono as Oume |
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久世竜 as Ohashi-Ran |
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Jirô Makino as |
| Directing | 岡本喜八 | Director |
| Directing | Michio Yamamoto | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Shinobu Hashimoto | Screenplay |
| Writing | 中里介山 | Novel |
| Production | Sanezumi Fujimoto | Producer |
| Production | 佐藤正之 | Producer |
| Sound | 佐藤勝 | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | 村井博 | Director of Photography |
| Editing | 黒岩義民 | Editor |
| Art | 松山崇 | Art Direction |
| Crew | 久世竜 | Fight Choreographer |
| Production | Hiroyasu Tsutsumi | Production Manager |
| Sound | 渡会伸 | Sound |
| Sound | 下永尚 | Sound Effects Editor |
| Crew | Eiji Tsuburaya | Special Effects |
| Lighting | 西川鶴三 | Lighting Technician |
| Camera | Jun Yamazaki | Still Photographer |
