The Sword of Doom
The sword is the soul. Study the soul to know the sword. Evil mind, evil sword.
7.7(268) 1966-02-25 122 minDramaCrimeAction
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.
DirectorKihachi Okamoto
ProducerMasayuki Satō
ScreenplayShinobu Hashimoto
ProducerSanezumi Fujimoto
Original Music ComposerMasaru Satō
Cast & characters
Tatsuya Nakadai
as Ryunosuke Tsukue
Yūzō Kayama
as Hyoma Utsuki
Michiyo Aratama
as Ohama
Yōko Naitō
as Omatsu
Toshirō Mifune
as Toranosuke Shimada
Tadao Nakamaru
as Isamu Kondo
Kei Satō
as Kamo Serizawa
Kō Nishimura
as Shichibei, Omatsu's 'uncle'
Ichirō Nakatani
as Bunnojo Utsuki
Kunie Tanaka
as Senkichi
Takamaru Sasaki
as Ishinsai Nakamura
Ryōsuke Kagawa
as Dansho Tsukue
Kamatari Fujiwara
as Omatsu's grandfather
Hideyo Amamoto
as Shuzen Kamio
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Akio Miyabe
as Toshizo Ogata
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Yasuzō Ogawa
as Yohachi
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Kyōji Hayakawa
as Heisuke Todo
Atsuko Kawaguchi
as Okinu
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Shōji Ōki
as Soji Okita
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Hiroshi Hasegawa
as Aoyama the Scout
Kanzō Uni
as —
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Shin Ibuki
as Yaichi Okada
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Seishirō Kuno
as Kato Chikara
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Keiichi Taki
as Kyosuke Kojima
