Movielogr
No Stronger Swords (1959)
Directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda
Overview
Featuring some of the finest swordsmen ever to grace the silver screen, this Toei classic tells the story of a battle between the evil sword style called ”Otonashi” (The Silent Form) and the proper way of swordsmanship as promoted by such historical stalwarts as Shimada Toranosuke, and the mysterious Honda Sakon, who face off against a group masquerading as the lord of Mito and his traveling bodyguards Suke-san and Kaku-san. The plot thickens as their leader unveils his secret plan to disrupt the stability of the nation. It is all in the name of swordsmanship, and as the title implies there are no stronger swordsmen!
Length 83 minutes
Actors
Utaemon Ichikawa | Hashizo Okawa | Yumiko Hasegawa | Hiroko Sakuramachi | Keiko Yukishiro | Keiko Okawa | Shunji Sakai | Eijirô Kataoka | Masao Mishima | Yoshio Yoshida | Kodayu Ichikawa | Ushio Akashi | Koji Arima | Tetsunosuke Tsukigata | Yuji Kamishiro | Ikuo Oka | Otabe Michimaro | Shinnosuke Ogata | Kenji Kusumoto | Ryôsuke Kagawa | Eijirô Yanagi | Kunio Kaga | Tomisaburo Wakayama | Ryûnosuke Tsukigata | Ryutaro Otomo