Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse. It’s a way of life that leads to madness.
Cast
Tatsuya Nakadai
Ryunosuke Tsukue
Yūzō Kayama
Hyoma Utsuki
Michiyo Aratama
Ohama
Yōko Naitō
Omatsu
Toshirō Mifune
Toranosuke Shimada
Tadao Nakamaru
Isamu Kondo
Kei Satō
Kamo Serizawa
Kō Nishimura
Shichibei, Omatsu's 'uncle'
Ichirō Nakatani
Bunnojo Utsuki
Kunie Tanaka
Senkichi
Takamaru Sasaki
Ishinsai Nakamura
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Dansho Tsukue
Kamatari Fujiwara
Omatsu's grandfather
Hideyo Amamoto
Shuzen Kamio
Akio Miyabe
Toshizo Ogata
Yasuzō Ogawa
Yohachi
Kyōji Hayakawa
Heisuke Todo
Atsuko Kawaguchi
Okinu
Shōji Ōki
Soji Okita
Hiroshi Hasegawa
Aoyama the Scout
Kanzō Uni
Unknown
Shin Ibuki
Yaichi Okada
Seishirō Kuno
Kato Chikara
Keiichi Taki
Kyosuke Kojima
Takao Zushi
Young Man in Futsuya
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
Unknown
Hiroshi Tanaka
Unknown
Kinnosuke Takamatsu
Old Pilgrim
Fumiko Umeka
Okinu's Servant
Chikako Sono
Oume
Ryū Kuze
Ohashi-Ran
Jirô Makino
Unknown
Crew
Kihachi Okamoto
Director
Shinobu Hashimoto
Screenplay
Kaizan Nakazato
Novel
Yoshitami Kuroiwa
Editor
Hiroshi Murai
Director of Photography
Michio Yamamoto
Assistant Director
Masayuki Satō
Producer
Sanezumi Fujimoto
Producer
Hisashi Shimonaga
Sound Effects Editor
Shin Watarai
Sound
Tsuruzô Nishikawa
Lighting Technician
Eiji Tsuburaya
Special Effects
Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer
Jun Yamazaki
Still Photographer
Ryū Kuze
Fight Choreographer
Hiroyasu Tsutsumi
Production Manager
Takashi Matsuyama
Art Direction
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