Tatsuya Nakadai plays Ryunosuke Tsukue, a sociopathic samurai with no morals or feelings of consequence for what he does. When he kills a man in a fencing match, the brother of the deceased man vows to train with a master fencer and track down Ryunosuke to get his vengeance.

Tatsuya Nakadai and Toshiro Mifune star in the story of a wandering samurai who exists in a maelstrom of violence. A gifted swordsman-plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule-Ryunosuke (Nakadai) kills without remorse, without mercy. It is a way of life that ultimately leads to madness. The Criterion Collection is proud to present director Kihachi Okamoto`s swordplay classic The Sword Of Doom, the thrilling story of a man who chooses to devote his life to evil.

Product details

Director	Kihachi Okamoto
Actor	Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Hiroshi Murai

Genre	Eastern
Content	DVD
FSK / age rating	from age 16
Publication date	15.03.2005
Edition	Criterion Collection
Audio	Japanese
Subtitles	English
Year of production	1966
Original title	Dai-Bosatsu Toge
Version	US Version
Region code	1

Cast & Crew

Actor

Production & Studios

Kihachi Okamoto

Genre

Eastern

Customer reviews

super film

Written on 04. October 2006 by Gecko.
This customer review refers to a alternative version.

echt genialer Samurai-Film, schafft eine ganz eigene Atmosphäre, die neue Filme kaum erreichen...
cool

Written on 25. September 2006 by mike.
This customer review refers to a alternative version.

hoffe es kommt bald JOYIMBO vs.ZATOICHI raus!
toshiro rules
samurai-film-freunde ...

Written on 21. May 2006 by *zombie-barbie*.
This customer review refers to a alternative version.

kauft euch diesen film ... eine wahre perle!! ich finde den film ...