Japan / Jul 01, 1962
1h 11min
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
In Edo-period Japan, Shingo is born the son of an assassin who was executed for murdering her lord’s concubine. Decades later, his adoptive family is massacred for keeping the secret. Armed with an unbeatable swordfighting technique, Shingo embarks on the path of the masterless samurai in search of vengeance and a path beyond his own ignominious origins.
Main cast
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| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Teru Tomota | Kihei Shôji |
| Yoshio Inaba | Giichirô Ikebe |
| Matasaburo Tamba | |
| Toshio Chiba | |
| Shinjirō Asano | Shin'emon Takakura |
| Toshio Hosokawa | Yasutoshi 'Tootôminokami' Makino |
| Shōzō Nanbu | Kazue Yasutomi |
| Seishiro Hara | |
| Saburo Date | |
| Ikuko Mōri | |
| Ikkei Tamaki | |
| Masashi Hamada | |
| Jun Fujikawa | |
| Tadashi Iwata | |
| Masayoshi Kikuno | |
| Kenichi Kagami | |
| Akira Shiga |
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| Gen Kimura | |
| Eijirō Yamaoka | |
| Shingo Hosoya | |
| Shiho Fujimura | Fujiko Yamaguchi |
Genres
ActionDramaHistory
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | 斬る |
| Original language | 日本語 (JA) |
| Spoken languages | 日本語 |
| Production countries | Japan |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Daiei Film |
| Release date | 1 luglio 1962 |
| Writer | Kaneto Shindō, Renzaburō Shibata |
| Editing | Kanji Suganuma |
| Cinematography | Shozo Honda |
| Assistant directors | Kenji Misumi |
| Camera operators | Shozo Honda |
| Additional photography | Shozo Honda |
| Production design | Akira Naitō |
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| Art direction | Akira Naitō |
| Set decoration | Akira Naitō |
| Music | Ichirō Saitō, Masao Ōsumi |
| Sound | Masao Ōsumi, Ichirō Saitō |
| Collection | Kenji Misumi's Trilogy of the Sword |
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