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Sword Devil (1965)

Genre : Action, Drama

Runtime : 1H 23M

Director : Kenji Misumi
Writer : Seiji Hoshikawa

Synopsis

Hanpei is a gentle young samurai that loves flowers. One day, he witnesses an old man's quick draw of the sword. He is so impressed that he becomes the old man's pupil. Soon, Hanpei's skill of sword comes to attention of his lord. The lord orders him to assassinate a man...

Actors

Raizō Ichikawa
Raizō Ichikawa
Hanpei
Michiko Sugata
Michiko Sugata
Osaki
Kei Satō
Kei Satō
Secretery Kanbe
Ryûtarô Gomi
Ryûtarô Gomi
Kyomuzo
Gorô Mutsumi
Gorô Mutsumi
Yuzo
Kentaro Kudo
Kentaro Kudo
Asazo
Asao Uchida
Asao Uchida
Yaichiro
Ryûzô Shimada
Ryûzô Shimada
Hatta
Kōichi Mizuhara
Kōichi Mizuhara
Gosuke
Rokkō Toura
Rokkō Toura
Kaino
Akihisa Toda
Akihisa Toda
Tadokoro Gaki
Shôsaku Sugiyama
Shôsaku Sugiyama
Ikenaga
Ikkei Tamaki
Ikkei Tamaki
Tsuzaki Taichiemon
Yûji Hamada
Yûji Hamada
Hirada
Saburo Date
Saburo Date
Toda Shingo
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Shuzen Kagemura
Gen Kimura
Gen Kimura
Takeshi Tanakura
Hideo Kuroki
Hideo Kuroki
Ichirô Takakura
Ichirô Takakura
Kimiko Tachibana
Kimiko Tachibana
Yukiko Komura
Yukiko Komura
Jun Fujikawa
Jun Fujikawa
Kiyoshi Kasuga
Kiyoshi Kasuga
Tamotsu Fujiharu
Tamotsu Fujiharu
Kazuo Ôbayashi
Kazuo Ôbayashi
Takeshi Yabuuchi
Takeshi Yabuuchi
Jun Katsumura
Jun Katsumura
Yûtarô Ban
Yûtarô Ban
Yoshitaka Ito
Yoshitaka Ito
Shimpachi Miyama
Shimpachi Miyama

Crews

Kenji Misumi
Kenji Misumi
Director
Seiji Hoshikawa
Seiji Hoshikawa
Screenplay
Renzaburō Shibata
Renzaburō Shibata
Novel
Hajime Kaburagi
Hajime Kaburagi
Original Music Composer
Chikashi Makiura
Chikashi Makiura
Director of Photography
Kanji Suganuma
Kanji Suganuma
Editor
Shigenori Shimoishizaka
Shigenori Shimoishizaka
Set Decoration

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