Sword in the Moonlight
Directed by Tomu Uchida13 July 1957 1h 46mDrama
6.76.2
First part of the famous Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy, based on Kaizan Nakazato’s unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last period of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Daibosatsu Toge tells the story of Tsuke Ryunosuke, a nihilistic swordmaster who doesnt hesitate to kill anyone, bad or good. Despite the authors explicit refusal, the series were later made into plays and movies several times.
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Sword in the Moonlight was released on 13 July 1957.
Sword in the Moonlight was directed by Tomu Uchida.
Sword in the Moonlight has a runtime of 1h 46m.
Sword in the Moonlight was produced by Mitsuo Makino.
First part of the famous Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy, based on Kaizan Nakazato’s unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last period of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Daibosatsu Toge tells the story of Tsuke Ryunosuke, a nihilistic swordmaster who doesnt hesitate to kill anyone, bad or good. Despite the authors explicit refusal, the series were later made into plays and movies several times.
The key characters in Sword in the Moonlight are Tsukue Ryunosuke (Chiezo Kataoka), Hyoma Utsugi (Kinnosuke Nakamura), Ohama / Otoyo (Yumiko Hasegawa).
Sword in the Moonlight is a Drama film.
Sword in the Moonlight has an audience rating of 6.7 out of 10.