Description
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.
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Release Date1958
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Runtime1 hr 45 min
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Languageja
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Rating6.6 (5)
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Genres
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DirectorTomu Uchida
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Cast片岡千恵蔵木暮実千代長谷川裕見子月形龍之介加賀邦男里見浩太朗山形勲片岡栄二郎長谷川裕見子丘さとみ植木義晴浦里はる美沢村貞子阿部九洲男河野秋武左卜全香川良介岸井明萬屋錦之介東千代之介赤木春恵藤木錦之助原京市星美智子加藤弘小田部通麿Takeshi Kumagai国一太郎楠本健二水野浩浪花五郎佐橋敏一Matsunosuke Sasaki島田秀男Mamoru Shimokawa上田吉二郎近江雄二郎石丸勝也
