The Sword Knows

8.5

Genre: Action Drama
Run time: 104 min
Premiere: 1958. September 3.

Director: Kokichi Uchide
Writer: Renzaburō Shibata Hajime Takaiwa Shinji Kessoku
Starring: Kinnosuke Nakamura Keiko Okawa Hiromi Hanazono Harumi Urazato

In the midst of the warring age, a young samurai Kyonosuke defies his former lord Hojo Ujikatsu in order to avenge his parents’ deaths.

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Kinnosuke Nakamura

Keiko Okawa

Hiromi Hanazono

Harumi Urazato

Hitomi Nakahara

Kasho Nakamura II

Eijirō Kataoka

Sōji Kiyokawa

Yasushi Nagata

Juro Hoshi

Hanshiro Iwai

Kunio Kaga

Takashi Shimura

Eitarō Shindō

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Tsukie Matsuura

Yoshi Katō

Art

Takatoshi Suzuki

Art Direction

Camera

Makoto Tsuboi

Director of Photography

Directing

Kokichi Uchide

Director

Editing

Shintarō Miyamoto

Editor

Lighting

Hiroshi Watada

Lighting Technician

Sound

Nakaba Takahashi

Original Music Composer

Naotake Fujimoto

Sound Recordist

Writing

Renzaburō Shibata

Original Story

Hajime Takaiwa

Screenplay

Shinji Kessoku

Screenplay

Art

Takatoshi Suzuki

Art Direction

Camera

Makoto Tsuboi

Director of Photography

Directing

Kokichi Uchide

Director

Editing

Shintarō Miyamoto

Editor

Lighting

Hiroshi Watada

Lighting Technician

Sound

Nakaba Takahashi

Original Music Composer

Naotake Fujimoto

Sound Recordist

Writing

Renzaburō Shibata

Original Story

Hajime Takaiwa

Screenplay

Shinji Kessoku

Screenplay