The sword is the soul. Study the soul to know the sword. Evil mind, evil sword.
Overview
Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse. It’s a way of life that leads to madness.
Cast
Tatsuya Nakadai
Ryunosuke Tsukue
Yūzō Kayama
Hyoma Utsuki
Michiyo Aratama
Ohama
Yōko Naitō
Omatsu
Toshirō Mifune
Toranosuke Shimada
Tadao Nakamaru
Isamu Kondo
Kei Satō
Kamo Serizawa
Kō Nishimura
Shichibei, Omatsu's 'uncle'
Ichirō Nakatani
Bunnojo Utsuki
Kunie Tanaka
Senkichi
Takamaru Sasaki
Ishinsai Nakamura
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Dansho Tsukue
Kamatari Fujiwara
Omatsu's grandfather
Hideyo Amamoto
Shuzen Kamio
Akio Miyabe
Toshizo Ogata
Yasuzō Ogawa
Yohachi
Kyōji Hayakawa
Heisuke Todo
Atsuko Kawaguchi
Okinu
Shōji Ōki
Soji Okita
Hiroshi Hasegawa
Aoyama the Scout
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Pretty Poison
Tower of Evil
Golgo 13
Shogun's Samurai
Young Bohácek's Sufferings
Jewish Prudence
Tad Jones and the Basement of Doom
The Burmese Harp
Equinox Flower
The Bridge
The Twilight Samurai
Village of the Damned
Red Beard
Lady Snowblood
Masculin Féminin
Batman
Grand Illusion
The Guns of Navarone
La Notte