The Lightning Sword poster

The Lightning Sword(1962)

  • Adventure
  • Crime
  • Drama
8.0

Overview

Shinjiro is a rambler, a single sword carrying lone wolf with only his fighting skills to protect him. He doesn’t know where his road leads, only that he must find his lost sister, and the ronin who stole her away. The ronin that Shinjiro has sworn to kill. On the road he’ll find his sister and test his blade against his bitter enemy. He also encounters a lost boy searching for his father, a boy he will swear to protect, and find his own lost love, a daughter of the yakuza who draws him into a frenzied and bloody battle between rival yakuza gangs for the control of a frightened town.

Status:Released
Release Date:Dec 8, 1962
Runtime: 1h 12m

Director:

Bin Katō

Top Cast

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Shinjiro of Misaki

Shigeru Amachi

Shigeru Amachi

Higashinosuke Yamagata

Ryūzō Shimada

Ryūzō Shimada

Tokusaburō

Mieko Kondō

Mieko Kondō

Oyo

Eigorō Onoe

Eigorō Onoe

Yamagoro

Jun'ichirō Narita

Jun'ichirō Narita

Asanosuke

Chitose Maki

Chitose Maki

Orryu

Reiko Fujiwara

Reiko Fujiwara

Kaede / Fumie

Yūji Nanto

Yūji Nanto

Takuro

Ikuko Mōri

Ikuko Mōri

Oharu

Toshio Chiba

Toshio Chiba

Tomizo

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Shōsaku Sugiyama

Shōsaku Sugiyama

Teruko Ōmi

Teruko Ōmi

Yōko Wakasugi

Yōko Wakasugi

Gen Kimura

Gen Kimura

Seishirō Hara

Seishirō Hara

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