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Daibosatsutōge The sword of doom Cover Image DVD DVD

Daibosatsutōge [videorecording] = The sword of doom / Janus Films ; Tōhō Kabushiki Kaish ; Tōhō, Takarazuka Eiga sakuhin ; seisaku, Fujimoto Masumi, Satō Masayuki, Nanri Konparu ; kyakuhon, Hashimoto Shinobu ; kantoku, Okamoto Kihachi.

Fujimoto, Masumi, 1910-1979 (Added Author). Satō, Masayuki. (Added Author). Nanri, Konparu, 1905- (Added Author). Hashimoto, Shinobu, 1918- (Added Author). Okamoto, Kihachi, 1924- (Added Author). Nakadai, Tatsuya, 1932- (Added Author). Aratama, Michiyo. (Added Author). Kayama, Yūzō, 1937- (Added Author). Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997 (Added Author). Misumi, Kenji, 1921-1975 (Added Author). Kinugasa, Teinosuke, 1896-1982 (Added Author). Ichikawa, Raizō, 1931-1969 (Added Author). Hongō, Kōjirō. (Added Author). Nakamura, Tamao. (Added Author). Yamamoto, Fujiko, 1931- (Added Author). Nakazato, Kaizan, 1885-1944 Daibosatsutōge. (Added Author). Janus Films. (Added Author). Criterion Collection (Firm) (Added Author). Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha. (Added Author). Takarazuka Eiga. (Added Author). 仲代達矢, 新珠三千代, 加山雄三, 三船敏郎. Nakadai Tatsuya, Aratama Michiyo, Kayama Yūzō, Mifune Toshirō. (Cast).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0780029631
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (121 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, 2005.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Videodisc release of the 1965 motion picture.
Original story by Kaizan Nakazato.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Satsuei, Murai Hiroshi ; henshū, Kuroiwa Yoshitami ; bijutsu, Matsuyama Takashi ; ongaku, Satō Masaru.
撮影, 村井博 ; 編集, 黒岩義民 ; 美術, 松山崇 ; 音楽, 佐藤勝.
Participant or Performer Note:
Nakadai Tatsuya, Aratama Michiyo, Kayama Yūzō, Mifune Toshirō.
仲代達矢, 新珠三千代, 加山雄三, 三船敏郎.
Summary, etc.:
This is the thrilling tale of a man who chooses to devote his life to evil. A gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, Ryunosuke (Nakadai) kills without remorse, without mercy. It is a way of life that ultimately leads to madness.
System Details Note:
DVD, region 1, 16x9 enhanced widescreen presentation; mono.
Language Note:
In Japanese with English subtitles.

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