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Directed By
Kihachi Okamoto
Written By:
Shinobu Hashimoto, Kaizan Nakazato
Cast:
Tatsuya Nakadai, Yuzo Kayama, Toshiro Mifune, Tadao Nakamaru, Kô Nishimura, Kamatari Fujiwara, Kei Sato, Takamaru Sasaki, Kunie Tanaka, Ryosuke Kagawa, Yôko Naito, Ichirô Nakaya, Yasuzo Ogawa, Ryosuke Kagawa, Atsuko Kawaguchi, Michiyo Aratama
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The Sword of Doom (1966)
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Saturday Samurai #8
Favorite Movie Quote: "The sword is the soul. Study the soul to know the sword. Evil mind, evil sword."
This was Tatsuya Nakadai's film. He was an evil samurai (Ryunosuke Tsukue) that would kill at the drop of a hat.
Toshirô Mifune as Toranosuke Shimada had only a small role in the film, but Ryunosuke managed to see him in action and knew not to mess with him.
Ryunosuke killed Hyoma's (Yuzo Kayama) brother after sleeping with his wife. Hyoma was away at school at the time. He went after Ryunosuke, but the movie ended before he had a chance. It had the kind of ending that was used in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. After killing a couple of dozen samurai, Ryunosuke was still fighting, although badly wounded, at the end. Did he make it? I guess director Kihachi Okamoto wants us to guess if there will be a sequel.
The film was typically a very beautifully filmed Japanese artwork, and it seemed to have a lot more blood that I would expect for a film in 1966.
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