Drama · Japan · 1957 · 1h 46m

Souls in the Moonlight

大菩薩峠

Director

Cast

Chiezo Kataoka as Tsukue Ryunosuke Kinnosuke Nakamura as Hyoma Utsugi Yumiko Hasegawa as Ohama / Otoyo Satomi Oka as Omatsu Ryūtarō Aoyagi as Shinobu Araki as

Crew

Shigeto Miki — Director of Photography Shintarō Miyamoto — Editor Shiro Fukai — Original Music Composer Katsuhito Inomata — Screenplay Eizaburo Shiba — Screenplay Kaizan Nakazato — Novel

Synopsis

First part of the famous Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy, 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 Tsuke Ryunosuke, a nihilistic swordmaster who doesnt hesitate to kill anyone, bad or good. Despite the authors explicit refusal, the series were later made into plays and movies several times.

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