Souls in the Moonlight
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
106 min
Release Date
1957-07-13
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
4
Vote Average
6.2
Chiezō Kataoka
Tsukue Ryunosuke
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Hyoma Utsugi
Yumiko Hasegawa
Ohama / Otoyo
Satomi Oka
Omatsu
Ryūtarō Aoyagi
Shinobu Araki
Koji Arima
Mitsuo Asano
Kin'nosuke Fujiki
Sumiko Hidaka
Bokuzen Hidari
Doctor Doan
Hiroshi Hitomi
Eijirō Kataoka
Gorō Kawabe
Mitsukazu Kawamura
Akira Kishii
Sōji Kiyokawa
Hachirō Minamoto
Hiroshi Mizuno
Hajime Morita
Yasushi Nagata
Tokinosuke Nakamura
Susumu Namishima
Matsunosuke Sasaki
Kinnosuke Takamatsu
Mitsugu Terashima
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Kyōji Tōyama
Noboru Umezawa
Harumi Urazato
Isao Yamagata
Lord Kamio
Yoshio Yoshida
Kidnapper
Denjirō Ōkōchi
Toranosuke Shimada
Yujiro Omi
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