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The Lightning Sword
The Lightning Sword
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The Lightning Sword

Original Title: 抜打ち鴉

1962
1h 12m
Adventure
Crime
Drama

Status

Released

Release

1962

Runtime

1h 12m

Where to Watch

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Storyline

Shinjiro is a rambler, a single sword carrying lone wolf with only his fighting skills to protect him. He doesn’t know where his road leads, only that he must find his lost sister, and the ronin who stole her away. The ronin that Shinjiro has sworn to kill. On the road he’ll find his sister and test his blade against his bitter enemy. He also encounters a lost boy searching for his father, a boy he will swear to protect, and find his own lost love, a daughter of the yakuza who draws him into a frenzied and bloody battle between rival yakuza gangs for the control of a frightened town.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 12m
Dec 8, 1962
Languages
Japanese
Director
Bin Katō
Production
Daiei Film
Daiei Film
Production Countries
Japan

Top Cast

17 Cast Members

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Shinjiro of Misaki

Shigeru Amachi

Shigeru Amachi

Higashinosuke Yamagata

Ryūzō Shimada

Ryūzō Shimada

Tokusaburō

Mieko Kondō

Mieko Kondō

Oyo

Eigorō Onoe

Eigorō Onoe

Yamagoro

Jun'ichirō Narita

Jun'ichirō Narita

Asanosuke

Chitose Maki

Chitose Maki

Orryu

Reiko Fujiwara

Reiko Fujiwara

Kaede / Fumie

Yūji Nanto

Yūji Nanto

Takuro

Ikuko Mōri

Ikuko Mōri

Oharu

Toshio Chiba

Tomizo

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Shōsaku Sugiyama

Shōsaku Sugiyama

Teruko Ōmi

Teruko Ōmi

Yōko Wakasugi

Gen Kimura

Gen Kimura

Seishiro Hara

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