

Satan's Sword
Genres
Overview
The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is 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 Ryunosuke Tsukue, a nihilistic swordmaster who doesn't hesitate to kill anyone, bad or good.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
106 min
Release Date
1960-10-18
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
8
Vote Average
6.625
Raizō Ichikawa
Ryunosuke Tsukue
Kōjirō Hongō
Hyoma Utsugi
Tamao Nakamura
Ohama / Otoyo
Fujiko Yamamoto
Omatsu
Kenji Sugawara
Kondo, Isamu
Jun Negami
Serizawa
Chishū Ryū
Tsukue
Michiko Ai
Okinu
Ryūzō Shimada
Kamiya Shuzen
Toshio Chiba
Coolie Saizo
Saburo Niwamata
Utsugi
Reiko Fujiwara
Courtesan Yuki
Yoichi Funaki
Shinzaburo
Yoichi Mashio
Yohachi
Yoshito Yamaji
Onogawa
Bontarō Miake
Urajuku no Shichibee
Shōgo Shimada
Shimada Toranosuke
Shinobu Araki
Nakamura Isshin
Tatsuo Hanabu
Itsumi Toshiyasu
Shōzō Nanbu
Katayanagi Banjirou
Kōichi Katsuragi
Fujisaku
Saburo Date
Hirama Jusuke
Kinya Ichikawa
Ando
Ryūzaburō Mitsuoka
Kurosaka
Kōichi Mizuhara
Akame
Sumao Ishihara
Quick lunch shopkeeper
Okuyama Asao
Jun Fujikawa
Kumosuke no Rokuzo
Dan Iwata
Akira Shimizu
Kumosuke no Sanzo
Kazuo Ōbayashi
Itsumi's disciple
Yoshiro Yasuda
Yūji Hamada
Yoshimura
Gen Kimura
Okada Yaichi
Kenji Morita
Taxman Kato
8.5
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6.5
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6.1
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8.0
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7.8
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6.2
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6.5
Samurai Cat: The Movie
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7.6
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2007-09-29 | ja
7.0
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1962-10-12 | ja
0.0
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A horse-riding samurai fights villains.
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7.6
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0.0
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7.5
Abarenbo Shogun: The Avenging Angel
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6.3
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Fearless Edo-period police inspector Hanzo Itami, nicknamed The Razor, has developed his own unique way of extracting information for his inquiries. His first adventure sees him investigating his superior officer's mistress, whom he suspects of having ties with a reputed criminal on the loose.
1972-12-30 | ja
6.3
Hanzo the Razor: The Snare
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1973-08-11 | ja
5.9
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1974-02-09 | ja
6.9
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2014-06-14 | ja
5.2
Geisha Assassin
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7.4
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
In the second film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must assassinate a traitor who plans to sell his clan's secrets to the Shogunate.
1972-04-22 | ja
6.2
Sucker Punch
A young woman, institutionalized by her abusive stepfather, retreats into a vivid fantasy world where she envisions a plan to escape. Gathering a group of fellow inmates, she embarks on a quest to collect five mystical items, blurring the lines between reality and imagination.
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