Action / Drama /

Score: 77%( 237 votes )

Overview: Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse. It’s a way of life that leads to madness.

Cast:

Tatsuya Nakadai
Ryunosuke Tsukue

Yūzō Kayama
Hyoma Utsuki

Michiyo Aratama
Ohama

Yōko Naitō
Omatsu

Toshirō Mifune
Toranosuke Shimada

Tadao Nakamaru
Isamu Kondo

Kei Satō
Kamo Serizawa

Kō Nishimura
Shichibei, Omatsu's 'uncle'

Ichirō Nakatani
Bunnojo Utsuki

Kunie Tanaka
Senkichi

Takamaru Sasaki
Ishinsai Nakamura

Ryōsuke Kagawa
Dansho Tsukue

Kamatari Fujiwara
Omatsu's grandfather

Hideyo Amamoto
Shuzen Kamio

Akio Miyabe
Toshizo Ogata

Yasuzō Ogawa
Yohachi

Kyōji Hayakawa
Heisuke Todo

Atsuko Kawaguchi
Okinu

Shōji Ōki
Soji Okita

Hiroshi Hasegawa
Aoyama the Scout

Kanzō Uni

Shin Ibuki

Seishirō Kuno

Keiichi Taki

Takao Zushi

Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi

Hiroshi Tanaka

Kinnosuke Takamatsu

Fumiko Umeka