The Sword Knows

In the midst of the warring age, a young samurai Kyonosuke defies his former lord Hojo Ujikatsu in order to avenge his parents’ deaths.

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Keiko Okawa

Hiromi Hanazono

Harumi Urazato

Hitomi Nakahara

Kasho Nakamura II

Eijirō Kataoka

Sōji Kiyokawa

Yasushi Nagata

Juro Hoshi

Hanshiro Iwai

Kunio Kaga

Takashi Shimura

Eitarō Shindō

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Tsukie Matsuura

• Kokichi UchideDirector
• Shinji KessokuScreenplay
• Hajime TakaiwaScreenplay
• Makoto TsuboiDirector of Photography
• Nakaba TakahashiOriginal Music Composer
• Shintarō MiyamotoEditor

Release date

September 3, 1958

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 44m

Genres

Action, Drama