Storyline
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.
Top 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
Director
Kihachi Okamoto
Writers
Shinobu Hashimoto
Status
Released
