Merciless Blade

Original title: 大菩薩峠

Duration: 111 min

Release date: 1953-04-23

IMDB

The first film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

Action Drama History

大菩薩峠

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Shinobu Chihara

Shinobu Chihara

Haruyo Ichikawa

Haruyo Ichikawa

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Chiezō Kataoka

as Ryûnosuke Tsukue

Noboru Kiritachi

Noboru Kiritachi

Kunitaro Sawamura

Kunitaro Sawamura

Eijirō Kataoka

Eitarō Shindō

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

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Kaizan Nakazato

Kaizan Nakazato

Takashi Watanabe

Takashi Watanabe

Lighting Technician

Kenjirō Tōjō

Original Music Composer

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