CRITERION COLLECTION: THE SWORD OF DOOM [BLU-RAY]

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• Release Year: 1966
• Genre: Action, Drama, Foreign, Martial Arts
• Plot: Tatsuya Nakadai and Toshiro Mifune star in this story of a wandering samurai who exists in a maelstrom of violence. A gifted swordsman plying his craft during the turbulent final days of shogunate rule in Japan, Ryunosuke (Nakadai) kills without remorse or mercy. It is a way of life that ultimately leads to madness. Kihachi Okamoto's swordplay classic is the thrilling tale of a man who chooses to devote his life to evil.;
• Cast: Fumiko Umeka, Takamaru Sasaki, Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Yûzô Kayama, Yôko Naitô, Tadao Nakamaru, Kei Satô, Kô Nishimura, Ichirô Nakatani, Kunie Tanaka, Toshirô Mifune, Ryôsuke Kagawa, Kamatari Fujiwara, Hideyo Amamoto, Akio Miyabe, Yasuzô Ogawa, Kyôji Hayakawa, Atsuko Kawaguchi, Shôji Ôki, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Kanzô Uni, Kôji Kakigi, Hirohito Kimura, Shôji Kosugi, Shin Ibuki, Keiichi Taki, Takao Zushi, Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Tanaka, Yasuharu Okoyama, Kinnosuke Takamatsu, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Jirô Makino, Chikako Sono, Kihachi Okamoto, Shinobu Hashimoto, Kaizan Nakazato
• Director: Kihachi Okamoto
• Runtime: 2:01
• Company: Toho Co., Ltd., Takarazuka Eizo Co. Ltd. (Takarazuka Eiga Company Ltd.), Janus Films, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie