7.5 / 10(79 votes)IMDb19651h 25mJapan

Sword of the Beast

獣の剣

Topics:#gold #gambling #ronin #shogun #jidaigeki #edo period #feudal japan #19th century

Synopsis

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.

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Mikijiro Hira

Yuuki Gennosuke

Gō Katō

Jurata Yamane

Shima Iwashita

Taka

Kunie Tanaka

Tanji

Eijirō Tōno

Minister

Toshie Kimura

Misa

Kantarō Suga

Daizaburo

Yōko Mihara

Osen

Shigeru Amachi

Vice-Counselor

Torahiko Hamada

Hajime Araki

Tsuyoshi Date

Tôru Hatozaki

Takeshi Katō

Katori

Mikio Maejima

Kappei Matsumoto

Hajime Miyazawa

Kôtarô Mori

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Release History & Theatrical Window

4K UHD / Blu-ray Debut

January 28, 2009

Physical Home Media

Key Information & Fast Facts

Director: Hideo Gosha
Screenplay & Story: Hideo Gosha, Eizaburo Shiba
Original Score: Toshiaki Tsushima
Original Title: 獣の剣
Country of Origin: Japan
Spoken Languages: Japanese
Runtime: 1h 25m
Production Studios: Haiyuza Theater Company, Shochiku, Haiyu-za Film Production Company Ltd.

Creative Leadership & Key Crew

Director

Hideo Gosha

Screenplay & Story

Hideo Gosha, Eizaburo Shiba

Original Score & Music

Toshiaki Tsushima

Director of Photography

Toshitada Tsuchiya

Producers

Gin'ichi Kishimoto, Masayuki Satō

Department Leadership Roster

Toshiaki Tsushima

Original Music Composer

Hideo Gosha

Director

Hideo Gosha

Writer

Eizaburo Shiba

Writer

Gin'ichi Kishimoto

Producer

Masayuki Satō

Producer

Toshitada Tsuchiya

Director of Photography

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