抜打ち鴉 (1962)

The Lightning Sword

Shinjiro is a rambler, a single sword carrying lone wolf with only his fighting skills to protect him. He doesn’t know where his road leads, only that he must find his lost sister, and the ronin who stole her away. The ronin that Shinjiro has sworn to kill. On the road he’ll find his sister and test his blade against his bitter enemy. He also encounters a lost boy searching for his father, a boy he will swear to protect, and find his own lost love, a daughter of the yakuza who draws him into a frenzied and bloody battle between rival yakuza gangs for the control of a frightened town.

抜打ち鴉

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Tomisaburō Wakayama
Tomisaburō Wakayama
as Shinjiro of Misaki
Shigeru Amachi
Shigeru Amachi
as Higashinosuke Yamagata
Ryûzô Shimada
Ryûzô Shimada
as Tokusaburō
Mieko Kondō
Mieko Kondō
as Oyo
Eigorō Onoe
Eigorō Onoe
as Yamagoro
Jun'ichirō Narita
Jun'ichirō Narita
as Asanosuke
Chitose Maki
Chitose Maki
as Orryu
Reiko Fujiwara
Reiko Fujiwara
as Kaede / Fumie
Yūji Nanto
Yūji Nanto
as Takuro
Ikuko Mōri
Ikuko Mōri
as Oharu
Toshio Chiba
Toshio Chiba
as Tomizo
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Ryōsuke Kagawa
as
Shōsaku Sugiyama
Shōsaku Sugiyama
as
Teruko Omi
Teruko Omi
as
Yōko Wakasugi
Yōko Wakasugi
as
Gen Kimura
Gen Kimura
as
Seishirō Hara
Seishirō Hara
as

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Minoru Inuzuka
Minoru Inuzuka
Screenplay
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Screenplay
Bin Kato
Bin Kato
Director
Shozo Honda
Shozo Honda
Director of Photography
Mitsuzô Miyata
Mitsuzô Miyata
Editor
Nakaba Takahashi
Nakaba Takahashi
Original Music Composer
Shigeru Katô
Shigeru Katô
Art Direction
Sakae Nagaoka
Sakae Nagaoka
Sound Recordist

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