Satan's Sword (1960)
Original title: 大菩薩峠
Satan's Sword is a 1960 Japanese-language action movie directed by Kenji Misumi, with a running time of 1h 46m. It stars Raizō Ichikawa, Kōjirō Hongō and Tamao Nakamura.
The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last period of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Daibosatsu Toge tells the story of Ryunosuke Tsukue, a nihilistic swordmaster who doesn't hesitate to kill anyone, bad or good.
Cast
- Raizō Ichikawa as Ryunosuke Tsukue
- Kōjirō Hongō as Hyoma Utsugi
- Tamao Nakamura as Ohama / Otoyo
- Fujiko Yamamoto as Omatsu
- Kenji Sugawara as Kondo, Isamu
- Jun Negami as Serizawa
- Chishū Ryū as Tsukue
- Michiko Ai as Okinu
- Ryūzō Shimada as Kamiya Shuzen
- Toshio Chiba as Coolie Saizo
- Saburo Niwamata as Utsugi
- Reiko Fujiwara as Courtesan Yuki