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DVD

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Sword of the beast = Kedamono no ken

Call Number

  • DVD FOREIGN (CEN)

Languages

In Japanese, with optional English subtitles.

Performers

Mikijiro Hira, Go Kato, Shima Iwashita, Eijiro Tono, Shigeru Amachi, Kunie Tanaka, Toshie Kimura, Kantaro Suga, Takeshi Kato, Yoko Mihira.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2005]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (85 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (ill. ; 19 cm.)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Low-level swordsman Gennosuke 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.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1965.

Issued in collection: Rebel samurai: sixties swordplay classics.

Special features: new, restored high-definition digital transfer ; new and improved English subtitle translation.

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