Souls in the Moonlight
MovieTitle | 大菩薩峠 |
User score | 6.2 |
Release date | Jul 13, 1957 |
Genre | Drama |
Director | Tomu Uchida |
Production country | Japan |
Production companies | Toei Company |
Run time | 106 min. |
First part of the famous Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy, based on Kaizan Nakazato’s unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last period of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Daibosatsu Toge tells the story of Tsuke Ryunosuke, a nihilistic swordmaster who doesnt hesitate to kill anyone, bad or good. Despite the authors explicit refusal, the series were later made into plays and movies several times.