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Sword of the Beast
Sword of the Beast
7.6
/10
291 Ratings

SWORD OF THE BEAST

Kedamono no ken

Directed by Hideo Gosha
Japan, 1965
Action, Drama

Synopsis

Legendary swordplay filmmaker Hideo Gosha’s Sword of the Beast chronicles the flight of the low-level swordsman Gennosuke, who kills one of his ministers as part of a reform plot. His comrades then turn on him and, his sense of honor shaken, he decides to live in the wild, like an animal.

Synopsis

Legendary swordplay filmmaker Hideo Gosha’s Sword of the Beast chronicles the flight of the low-level swordsman Gennosuke, who kills one of his ministers as part of a reform plot. His comrades then turn on him and, his sense of honor shaken, he decides to live in the wild, like an animal.