This Japanese action-adventure is set in the 17th century when all forms of swordplay were banned. One fighter, an excellent swordsman believes the law is unfair. His brother keeps his opinions about the law to himself. The swordsman vents his frustration by cutting off the thumbs of an enemy. The fighter is then banished. To live, he becomes a thief. To restore the family's lost honor, the other brother is forced to challenge the fighter to a duel.
Cast
Matsumoto Hakuō II
Hayakawa Tenzen
Hiroyuki Nagato
Hosoo Chojuro
Junko Ikeuchi
Miwa
Yuki Nakagawa
Shizu
Nami Tamura
Sei
Masao Shimizu
Shimamura Juzaemon
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Kono Banzaemon
Bokuzen Hidari
Otsuka Kihei
Kōji Mitsui
Yabe Senjuro
Ichirō Nakatani
Shimamura Kazuma
Kiyoshi Kodama
Hara Sanjuro
Ren Yamamoto
Kashima Heinosuke
Susumu Fujita
Kagawa Tanomo
Jun Tazaki
Unknown
Tsuruko Mano
Unknown
Yoshibumi Tajima
Unknown
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Unknown
Hideyo Amamoto
Unknown
Kin Sugai
Unknown
Yoshio Kosugi
Unknown
Jun'ichirō Mukai
Unknown
Mitsuo Tsuda
Unknown
Kōji Iwamoto
Unknown
Naoya Kusakawa
Unknown
Seiji Ikeda
Unknown
Yoshiyuki Uemura
Unknown
Shōichi Hirose
Unknown
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Miyamoto Musashi
Crew
Hiroshi Inagaki
Director, Screenplay
Takeshi Kimura
Screenplay
Ume Takeda
Editor
Kazuo Yamada
Director of Photography
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Executive Producer
Yoshiko Samejima
Costume Design
Hisashi Shimonaga
Sound Mixer
Yoshio Nishikawa
Sound Recordist
Eiji Yamaguchi
Lighting Technician
Kan Ishii
Original Music Composer
Kōsuke Gomi
Original Story
Hiroshi Ueda
Art Direction
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