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Sword of the Beast (1965)The Criterion Collection
DVD · Keep Case
This is the The Criterion Collection DVD Keep Case edition of Sword of the Beast (1965).
1h 25mUS
Edition facts
- Format
- DVD
- Distributor
- The Criterion Collection
- Case type
- Keep Case
- Region
- US
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
About the film
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.
Cast: Mikijiro Hira, Gō Katō, Shima Iwashita
Production: Haiyuza Theater Company, Shochiku