Sword of the Beast (1965)
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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.
- Released: 1965-09-18
- Genres: Action, Drama
- Runtime: 1h 25m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 7.5/10 from 80 votes
Directed by Hideo Gosha.
Top cast
- Mikijiro Hira as Yuuki Gennosuke
- Gō Katō as Jurata Yamane
- Shima Iwashita as Taka
- Kunie Tanaka as Tanji
- Eijirō Tōno as Minister
- Toshie Kimura as Misa
- Kantarō Suga as Daizaburo
- Yōko Mihara as Osen
- Shigeru Amachi as Vice-Counselor
- Torahiko Hamada
Where to watch Sword of the Beast
- United States: stream on Criterion Channel
- Canada: stream on Criterion Channel
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