Movielogr
Souls in the Moonlight II (1958)
Directed by Tomu Uchida
Overview
This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva Pass”, following the life and times of bloodthirsty samurai, Tsukue Ryunosuke. Blinded in an explosion and further injured from a fall, the master swordsman is taken in by Otoyo, a woman who falls in love with him. Under Otoyo’s dedicated care, Ryunosuke’s physical and emotional wounds seem to heal. However, deep inside, the demons that drive him to kill yearn to resurface. Meanwhile he is being pursued by Utsugi Hyoma, a young samurai seeking to avenge his brother’s death at Tsukue’s hands. Hyoma is being aided along the way by the clever thief Shichibei.
Length 105 minutes
Actors
Chiezô Kataoka | Michiyo Kogure | Ryûnosuke Tsukigata | Kunio Kaga | Kotaro Satomi | Isao Yamagata | Eijirô Kataoka | Yumiko Hasegawa | Satomi Oka | Yoshiharu Ueki | Harumi Urazato | Sadako Sawamura | Kusuo Abe | Akitake Kôno | Bokuzen Hidari | Ryôsuke Kagawa | Akira Kishii | Kinnosuke Nakamura | Chiyonosuke Azuma | Harue Akagi | Kin'nosuke Fujiki | Kyôichi Hara | Michiko Hoshi | Hiroshi Katô | Otabe Michimaro | Takeshi Kumagai | Ichitaro Kuni | Kenji Kusumoto | Hiroshi Mizuno | Gorô Naniwa | Toshikazu Sahashi | Matsunosuke Sasaki | Hideo Shimada | Mamoru Shimokawa | Kichijirô Ueda | Yujiro Omi | Fujiya Ishimaru