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Merciless Blade (1953)

Overview

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

Flag of JPJPJapanese
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samurai
Kunio Watanabe

Director

Kunio Watanabe

ReleasedApr 23, 1953
Runtime1h 51m
StatusReleased
Toei Company

Top Cast

Kusuo Abe

Kusuo Abe

Shinobu Chihara

Shinobu Chihara

Kensaku Hara

Kensaku Hara

Haruyo Ichikawa

Haruyo Ichikawa

Kunio Kaga

Kunio Kaga

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Chiezo Kataoka

Chiezo Kataoka

Ryûnosuke Tsukue

Gorō Kawabe

Gorō Kawabe

Noboru Kiritachi

Noboru Kiritachi

Mitsuko Miura

Mitsuko Miura

Eijirō Kataoka

Eijirō Kataoka

Eitarō Shindō

Eitarō Shindō

Kyoji Sugi

Kyoji Sugi

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