The Sword of Doom (1966)

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TITLE: The Sword of Doom (1966)

IMDB LINK: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060277/
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IMDB RATING: 8.0/10

DIRECTOR: Kihachi Okamoto

WRITERS: Shinobu Hashimoto (writer)

Kaizan Nakazato (novel)

CAST:

Tatsuya Nakadai ... Ryunosuke Tsukue

Yuzo Kayama ... Hyoma Utsuki

Michiyo Aratama ... Ohama

Toshir?fune ... Toranosuke Shimada

Y?Naito ... Omatsu

Tadao Nakamaru ... Isamu Kondo

Ichir?kaya ... Bunnojo Utsuki

K?shimura ... Shichibei, Omatsu's 'uncle'

Kamatari Fujiwara ... Omatsu's grandfather

Kei Sato ... Kamo Serizawa

Yasuzo Ogawa ... Yohachi

Ryosuke Kagawa ... Dansho Tsukue

Atsuko Kawaguchi ... Okinu

Kunie Tanaka ... Senkichi

Takamaru Sasaki ... Ishinsai Nakamura



PLOT SUMMARY:

Ryunosuke is a sociopathic samurai without compassion or scruples. When he is

scheduled for an exhibition match at his fencing school, the wife of his opponent begs Ryunosuke to throw the match, offering her own virtue in trade. Ryunosuke accepts her offer, but kills her husband in the match. Over time, Ryunosuke is pursued by the brother of the man he killed. The brother trains with the master fencer Shimada. In the meantime, however, Ryunosuke earns the enmity of the band of assassins he runs with, and it becomes a question of who shall face him in final conflict.