Name: Merciless Blade
Director: Kunio Watanabe
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Released: 1953-04-23
Duration: 111 min
Cast: Kusuo Abe, Shinobu Chihara, Kensaku Hara, Haruyo Ichikawa, Kunio Kaga

Overview

Action Drama History

The first film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

JP Japanese

Content warning

samurai

Director

Kunio Watanabe

ReleasedApr 23, 1953

Runtime1h 51m

StatusReleased

Top Cast

Kusuo Abe

Shinobu Chihara

Kensaku Hara

Haruyo Ichikawa

Kunio Kaga

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Chiezo Kataoka

Ryûnosuke Tsukue

Gorō Kawabe

Noboru Kiritachi

Mitsuko Miura

Eijirō Kataoka

Eitarō Shindō

Kyoji Sugi

Overview

Top Cast

Overview

Top Cast

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