Satan's Sword
106 mins
The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last period of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Daibosatsu Toge tells the story of Ryunosuke Tsukue, a nihilistic swordmaster who doesn't hesitate to kill anyone, bad or good.
Toshio Chiba
Coolie Saizo
Saburo Niwamata
Utsugi
Yoichi Funaki
Shinzaburo
Yoichi Mashio
Yohachi
Shinobu Araki
Nakamura Isshin
Kinya Ichikawa
Ando
Sumao Ishihara
Quick lunch shopkeeper
Jun Fujikawa
Kumosuke no Rokuzo
Akira Shimizu
Kumosuke no Sanzo
Kazuo Ōbayashi
Itsumi's disciple
Kenji Morita
Taxman Kato
Kaizan Nakazato
Novel
Kanji Suganuma
Editor
Akira Naitō
Art Direction
Ken'ichi Okamoto
Lighting Technician
Iwao Ōtani
Sound Recordist
Seiichi Suzuki
Original Music Composer
Hiroshi Imai
Director of Photography