Souls in the Moonlight II
Genres
Overview
This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva Pass”, following the life and times of bloodthirsty samurai, Tsukue Ryunosuke. Blinded in an explosion and further injured from a fall, the master swordsman is taken in by Otoyo, a woman who falls in love with him. Under Otoyo’s dedicated care, Ryunosuke’s physical and emotional wounds seem to heal. However, deep inside, the demons that drive him to kill yearn to resurface. Meanwhile he is being pursued by Utsugi Hyoma, a young samurai seeking to avenge his brother’s death at Tsukue’s hands. Hyoma is being aided along the way by the clever thief Shichibei.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
105 min
Release Date
1958-04-20
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
5
Vote Average
6.6
Chiezō Kataoka
Ryûnosuke Tsukue
Michiyo Kogure
Otoku
Yumiko Hasegawa
Otoyo
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Shichibei
Kunio Kaga
Yonetomo
Kōtarō Satomi
Shintaro Mochizuki
Isao Yamagata
Kamio Shuzen
Eijirō Kataoka
Kinzo
Yumiko Hasegawa
Satomi Oka
Omatsu
Yoshiharu Ueki
Kuratao / Ichitaro
Harumi Urazato
Okinu
Sadako Sawamura
Otsuno
Kusuo Abe
Kanbei Utabe
Akitake Kōno
Momozo Zenriki
Bokuzen Hidari
Doan
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Mochizuki Sobei
Akira Kishii
Yohachi
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Utsugi Hyoma
Chiyonosuke Azuma
Komai Noto-no-kami
Harue Akagi
Kin'nosuke Fujiki
Kyōichi Hara
Michiko Hoshi
Hiroshi Kato
Michimaro Otabe
Takeshi Kumagai
Ichitarō Kuni
Kenji Kusumoto
Hiroshi Mizuno
Gorō Naniwa
Toshikazu Sahashi
Matsunosuke Sasaki
Hideo Shimada
Mamoru Shimokawa
Kichijirō Ueda
Yujiro Omi
Katsuya Ishimaru
Yohei
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