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.
Stars: Mikijiro Hira, Gō Katō, Shima Iwashita, Kunie Tanaka, Eijirō Tōno, Toshie Kimura
Crew: Hideo Gosha (Director), Hideo Gosha (Writer), Eizaburo Shiba (Writer), Toshiaki Tsushima (Original Music Composer), Toshitada Tsuchiya (Cinematography), Mamoru Abe (Art Direction)
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Studio: Haiyuza Theater Company
Runtime: 85 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Sep 18, 1965
IMDb: 3.5
