Action ·Drama ·History · Japan · 1953 · 1h 51m

Merciless Blade

大菩薩峠

Merciless Blade poster
Director
Kunio Watanabe
Cast
Kusuo Abe as Shinobu Chihara as Kensaku Hara as Haruyo Ichikawa as Kunio Kaga as Ryōsuke Kagawa as
Crew
Eiichi Yamada — Original Music Composer Kunio Watanabe — Screenplay Kaizan Nakazato — Story
Synopsis

The first film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

Mood & Themes
samurai
Key Collaborators
Kunio Watanabe Director Eiichi Yamada Original Music Composer Kunio Watanabe Screenplay Kaizan Nakazato Story
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