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Young Swordsman (1963)
Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
Overview
This Japanese action-adventure is set in the 17th century when all forms of swordplay were banned. One fighter, an excellent swordsman believes the law is unfair. His brother keeps his opinions about the law to himself. The swordsman vents his frustration by cutting off the thumbs of an enemy. The fighter is then banished. To live, he becomes a thief. To restore the family’s lost honor, the other brother is forced to challenge the fighter to a duel.
Length 108 minutes
Actors
Kôshirô Matsumoto | Hiroyuki Nagato | Junko Ikeuchi | Yuki Nakagawa | Nami Tamura | Masao Shimizu | Ryôsuke Kagawa | Bokuzen Hidari | Kôji Mitsui | Ichirô Nakatani | Kiyoshi Kodama | Ren Yamamoto | Susumu Fujita | Jun Tazaki | Tsuruko Mano | Yoshifumi Tajima | Yoshio Tsuchiya | Hideyo Amamoto | Kin Sugai | Yoshio Kosugi | Jun'ichirô Mukai | Mitsuo Tsuda | Kôji Iwamoto | Naoya Kusakawa | Seiji Ikeda | Yoshiyuki Uemura | Shôichi Hirose | Ryûnosuke Tsukigata