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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.

Top Cast

  • Mikijiro Hira

    Mikijiro Hira

    Yuuki Gennosuke

  • Gō Katō

    Gō Katō

    Jurata Yamane

  • Shima Iwashita

    Shima Iwashita

    Taka

  • Kunie Tanaka

    Kunie Tanaka

    Tanji

  • Eijirō Tōno

    Eijirō Tōno

    Minister

  • Toshie Kimura

    Toshie Kimura

    Misa

  • Kantarō Suga

    Kantarō Suga

    Daizaburo

  • Yōko Mihara

    Yōko Mihara

    Osen

  • Shigeru Amachi

    Shigeru Amachi

    Vice-Counselor

Overview

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.

Rating

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