Official poster of Sword of the Beast
⭐ 7.5/10
Movie • 1965

Sword of the Beast

Action Drama
85 min

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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Streaming
Criterion Channel
Release date 1965-09-18
Original language JA
Status Released
Popularity 2