The Blazing Sword 1966
Runtime
91 mins
Language
Japanese
Set in the waning days of the Tokugawa (Edo) period, the story follows Hijikata Toshizo of the Shinsengumi, a young samurai eager to prove himself in combat. He trains at a dojo that teaches the Tennen Rishin style to farmers and is dismissed by other schools as not true samurai. When the rival Kogen Itto dojo, led by master Sohaku Rokusha, issues a challenge, Hijikata meets him in a duel that sparks a bitter rivalry lasting for generations.
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Asahi Kurizuka
Hijikata Toshizo
Hidehiko Ishikura
Ken Izumi
Bin Amatsu
Jun Kashima
Sōnosuke Oda
Ryōhei Uchida
Yasuhiro Minakami
Eizō Kitamura
Shunya Wazaki
Sohaku Rokusha
Tetsuko Kobayashi
Jotaro Togami
Tadayuki Okamoto
Shinji Takano
Teruo Sudo
Keiji Takamiya
Hiroshi Shingûji
Takayuki Akutagawa
Takaya Uesugi
Satoru Nishida
Wakako Kunitomo
Shinpachi Kura
Michiko Nakahata
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