Sword of the Beast
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.
Special Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- A new essay by Japanese-film and -culture critic Patrick Macias
- New and improved English subtitle translation
New cover by Eric Skillman
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Collector's Set
Special Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- A new essay by Japanese-film and -culture critic Patrick Macias
- New and improved English subtitle translation
New cover by Eric Skillman
Cast
- Mikijiro Hira
- Gennosuke Yuki
- Go Kato
- Jurota Yamane
- Shima Iwashita
- Taka
- Eijiro Tono
- Counselor of Jurota’s clan
- Shigeru Amachi
- Vice-counselor of Gennosuke’s clan
- Kunie Tanaka
- Tanji
- Toshie Kimura
- Misa
- Kantaro Suga
- Daizaburo
- Takeshi Kato
- Gundayu
- Yoko Mihara
- Osen
Credits
- Director
- Hideo Gosha
- Screenplay
- Hideo Gosha
- Screenplay
- Eizaburo Shiba
- Cinematography
- Toshitada Tsuchiya
- Art direction
- Mamoru Abe
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