Satan's Sword (大菩薩峠) 64 years old

Satan's Sword

The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazatos 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 doesn't hesitate to kill anyone, bad or good.

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Satan's Sword Cast

Name Character
Tamao Nakamura She was 21, now 85 years old as Ohama / Otoyo
Chishu Ryu He was 56, 88 years old when he died as Tsukue
Saburo Date He was 36, 67 years old when he died as Hirama Jusuke
Jun Fujikawa as Kumosuke no Rokuzo
Kôichi Mizuhara He was 51, 60 years old when he died as Akame
Raizō Ichikawa He was 29, 37 years old when he died as Ryunosuke Tsukue
Ryûzô Shimada He was 29, now 93 years old as Kamiya Shuzen
Jun Negami He was 37, 82 years old when he died as Serizawa
Yoichi Funaki He was 28, now 92 years old as Shinzaburo
Yoshito Yamaji as Onogawa
Shinobu Araki He was 69, 77 years old when he died as Nakamura Isshin
Shôzô Nanbu He was 62, now 126 years old as Katayanagi Banjirou
Kôjirô Hongô He was 22, 74 years old when he died as Hyoma Utsugi
Reiko Fujiwara She was 33, now 30 years old as Courtesan Yuki
Toshio Chiba He was 34, now 98 years old as Coolie Saizo
Yûji Hamada as Yoshimura
Gen Kimura He was 27, now 91 years old as Okada Yaichi
Fujiko Yamamoto She was 28, now 93 years old as Omatsu
Sumao Ishihara He was 57, now 121 years old as Quick lunch shopkeeper
Shôgo Shimada He was 54, 98 years old when he died as Shimada Toranosuke
Bontarô Miake He was 54, now 118 years old as Urajuku no Shichibee
Akira Shimizu He was 6, now 70 years old as Kumosuke no Sanzo
Michiko Ai She was 30, now 94 years old as Okinu

Satan's Sword Crew

Name Department
Kenji Misumi as Director. He was 39 (54) years old when He died Directing
Masaichi Nagata as Producer. He was 54 (79) years old when He died Production
Teinosuke Kinugasa as Writer. He was 64 (86) years old when He died Writing
Akira Naitô as Art Direction. Art
Kanji Suganuma as Editor. Editing
Hiroshi Imai as Director of Photography. He was 19 (now 83) years old Camera
Seiichi Suzuki as Original Music Composer. He was 15 (3) years old when He died Sound
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Satan's Sword (64 years)

  • Release day: Tuesday, October 18, 1960
  • Runtime: 106 minutes