Sword of the Beast

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Sword of the Beast is a 1965 action and drama movie directed by Hideo Gosha. It stars Mikijiro Hira, Gō Katō and Shima Iwashita. It runs 1h 25m. TMDB users rate it 7.5 out of 10. Streaming in the US on Criterion Channel.

Legendary swordplay filmmaker Hideo Gosha's Sword of the Beast chronicles the flight of the low-level swordsman Gennosuke, who kills one of his ministers as part of a reform plot. His former comrades then turn on him, and this betrayal so shakes his sense of honor that he decides to live in the wild, like an animal. There he joins up with a motley group who are illegally mining the shogun’s gold, and, with the aid of another swordsman, gets a chance not just at survival but to recover his name and honor.