Souls in the Moonlight
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First part of the famous Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy, based on Kaizan Nakazato’s unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last period of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Daibosatsu Toge tells the story of Tsuke Ryunosuke, a nihilistic swordmaster who doesnt hesitate to kill anyone, bad or good. Despite the authors explicit refusal, the series were later made into plays and movies several times.
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Part of Souls In The Moonlight Collection
3 films
Cast
50 people
Chiezo Kataoka
Tsukue Ryunosuke
Also in
13 Assassins
Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Hyoma Utsugi
Known for
Goyokin
Tomu Uchida
Minoru Miki
Mitsuo Makino
Katsuhito Inomata
Yumiko Hasegawa
Ohama / Otoyo
Also in
Works of the Fish Man
Samurai Hawk
Hiroshi Okawa
Shintarô Miyamoto
Kaizan Nakazato
Satomi Oka
Omatsu
Also in
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
13 Assassins
Eizaburo Shiba
Tomu Uchida Director · Eizaburo Shiba Screenplay Katsuhito Inomata Screenplay
First release July 13, 1957 · Produced in Japan · Original title 大菩薩峠
Production
Toei Company
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
大菩薩峠
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · July 13, 1957
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
September 26, 2012 · Limited theatrical · Retrospective of Tomu Uchida Films (Moscow)
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