Criterion spine #311
Sword of the Beast
1965Directed by Hideo GoshaJapan85 min
Sword of the Beast (獣の剣, Kedamono no ken; also called Samurai Gold Seekers) is a 1965 jidaigeki film co-written and directed by Hideo Gosha. Set in 1857 at the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate, the story follows a fugitive samurai who has killed a counselor in his clan and is on the run.…
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